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Hasten vs Introduce - What's the difference?

hasten | introduce |

As a noun hasten

is .

As a verb introduce is

(of people) to cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).

hasten

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To move in a quick fashion.
  • To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
  • * Bible, Psalms lv. 8
  • I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.
  • * 2008 , Bradley Simpson, Economists with Guns , page 7:
  • [...] and prescribed policies and packages of military, economic and technical assistance to hasten their inevitable march toward development and modernity.
  • To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.
  • Synonyms

    * rush * hurry * See also * (speed up) accelerate

    Derived terms

    * hastener

    Anagrams

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    introduce

    English

    Verb

    (introduc)
  • (of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
  • To make (something or someone) known by formal announcement or recommendation.
  • To add (something) to a system, a mixture, or a container.
  • To bring (something) into practice.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-10-05, volume=409, issue=8856, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= The widening gyre , passage=First introduced in Letchworth Garden City in 1909, the roundabout

    Anagrams

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