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Hurried vs Sudden - What's the difference?

hurried | sudden |

As adjectives the difference between hurried and sudden

is that hurried is  done in a hurry; rushed while sudden is happening quickly and with little or no warning.

As a verb hurried

is (hurry).

As an adverb sudden is

(poetic) suddenly.

As a noun sudden is

(obsolete) an unexpected occurrence; a surprise.

hurried

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  •  Done in a hurry; rushed.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (hurry)

    • sudden

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Happening quickly and with little or no warning.
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  • (obsolete) Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Never was such a sudden scholar made.
  • * Milton
    • the apples of Asphaltis, appearing goodly to the sudden eye
  • (obsolete) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I have no joy of this contract to-night: It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden

    Antonyms

    * gradual * unsudden

    Derived terms

    * all of a sudden * sudden death * suddenly * suddenness * suddenwoven

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (poetic) Suddenly.
  • * Milton
    • Herbs of every leaf that sudden flowered.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.

    • Derived terms

    * all of a sudden * all of the sudden * of a sudden

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    External links

    * * * English adjectives ending in -en 1000 English basic words