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Hastened vs Chastened - What's the difference?

hastened | chastened |

As verbs the difference between hastened and chastened

is that hastened is (hasten) while chastened is (chasten).

As an adjective chastened is

made chaste.

hastened

English

Verb

(head)
  • (hasten)

    • 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

    Related terms

    * haste

    Anagrams

    * * * English ergative verbs ----

    chastened

    English

    Alternative forms

    * chasten'd

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made chaste.
  • Chastised.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (chasten)

    • Anagrams

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