Casteth vs Hasteth - What's the difference?
casteth | hasteth |
(archaic) (cast)
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(archaic) (haste)
Speed; swiftness; dispatch.
* Bible, 1 Sam. xxi. 8
(obsolete) Hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.
* Bible, Psalms cxvi. 11
To urge onward; to hasten
To move with haste.
* {{quote-book, year=1594, author=, title=A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VII (4th edition), chapter=The Wounds of Civill War, edition=
, passage=The city is amaz'd, for Sylla hastes To enter Rome with fury, sword and fire. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1825, author=Samuel Johnson, title=The Works of Samuel Johnson in Nine Volumes, chapter=, edition=
, passage=He hastes away to another, whom his affairs have called to a distant place, and, having seen the empty house, goes away disgusted by a disappointment which could not be intended, because it could not be foreseen. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1881, author=Thomas Carlyle, title=Past and Present, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Samson hastes not; but neither does he pause to rest. }}
In archaic|lang=en terms the difference between casteth and hasteth
is that casteth is (archaic) (cast) while hasteth is (archaic) (haste).As verbs the difference between casteth and hasteth
is that casteth is (archaic) (cast) while hasteth is (archaic) (haste).casteth
English
Verb
(head)- And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
hasteth
English
Verb
(head)haste
English
Noun
(-)- We were running late so we finished our meal in haste .
- The king's business required haste .
- I said in my haste , All men are liars.
Derived terms
* hasten verb * hastily adverb * hastiness noun * hasty adjective * make haste * posthaste, post haste adverbVerb
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