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Healthful vs Quickening - What's the difference?

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Healthful is a related term of quickening.


As an adjective healthful

is beneficial to health of body or mind.

As a verb quickening is

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As a noun quickening is

an increase of speed.

healthful

English

Alternative forms

* healthfull (archaic)

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Beneficial to health of body or mind.

    • Synonyms

    * healthy * salubrious * salutary

    Derived terms

    * healthfully * healthfulness

    Related terms

    * heal * health * healthy

    quickening

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An increase of speed.
  • * 1861 , United States. War Dept, U.S. Infantry Tactics (page 124)
    • If the following guide lose his distance from the one leading (which can only happen by his own fault), he will correct himself by slightly lengthening or shortening a few steps, in order that there may not be sudden quickenings or slackenings in the march of his platoon.
  • The action of bringing someone or something to life.
  • The first noticable movements of a foetus during pregnancy, or the period when this occurs.
  • Stimulation, excitement (of a feeling, emotion etc.).
  • * 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
    • It may indeed be said that these days brought on a high quickening of Maisie's direct percptions, of her sense of freedom to make out things for herself.