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Hectic vs Fastpaced - What's the difference?

hectic | fastpaced |

As adjectives the difference between hectic and fastpaced

is that hectic is pertaining to bodily reactions characterised by flushed or dry skin while fastpaced is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

As a noun hectic

is a hectic fever.

hectic

English

Alternative forms

* hectick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to bodily reactions characterised by flushed or dry skin.
  • hectic''' fever; a '''hectic patient
  • Very busy with activity and confusion; feverish.
  • The city center is so hectic at 8 in the morning that I go to work an hour beforehand to avoid the crowds

    Synonyms

    * feverish

    Derived terms

    * hectically

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A hectic fever.
  • (obsolete) A flush like one produced by such a fever.
  • * 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , II.147:
  • For still he lay, and on his thin worn cheek / A purple hectic played like dying day / On the snow-tops of distant hills [...].

    fastpaced

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)