Hasten vs Slouch - What's the difference?
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To move in a quick fashion.
To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
* Bible, Psalms lv. 8
* 2008 , Bradley Simpson, Economists with Guns , page 7:
To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.
A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance
any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
someone who is slow to act
* 2014 , Ian Jack, "
(dated) An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.
To hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture
To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner.
As verbs the difference between hasten and slouch
is that hasten is to move in a quick fashion while slouch is to hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture.As a noun slouch is
a hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance.hasten
English
Verb
(en verb)- I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.
- [...] and prescribed policies and packages of military, economic and technical assistance to hasten their inevitable march toward development and modernity.
Synonyms
* rush * hurry * See also * (speed up) accelerateDerived terms
* hastenerAnagrams
* * * English ergative verbs ----slouch
English
Noun
- He sat with an unenthusiastic slouch .
- The plant hung in a permanent slouch .
Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian , 16 September 2014:
- In any case, Scotland has been no slouch at national invention. The Greek temple to commemorate James Thomson wasn’t the only monument raised by the 11th Earl of Buchan, who was a friend and neighbour of Walter Scott, and as great a romancer in his obsession with ruins, battlements and fancy dress.
Derived terms
* slouch hatVerb
- Do not slouch when playing a flute.
- I slouched to the fridge to see if there was anything to eat.