Hurried vs Hastened - What's the difference?
hurried | hastened |
(hasten)
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.
As verbs the difference between hurried and hastened
is that hurried is (hurry) while hastened is (hasten).As an adjective hurried
is done in a hurry; rushed.hastened
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Verb
(head)hasten
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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.