Hurry vs Percent - What's the difference?

hurry | percent |

As nouns the difference between hurry and percent

is that hurry is rushed action while percent is a part or other object per hundred.

As a verb hurry

is (label) to do things quickly.

As an adjective percent is

expressed in percents; usually together with a number.

hurry

English

Noun

Rushed action.

* '>citation

Urgency.

(sports) In American football, an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play.

Derived terms

* in a hurry

Verb

(en-verb)

(label) To do things quickly.

*:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry , with futile energy, from place to place.

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}

(label) Often with (up), to speed up the rate of doing something.

(label) To cause to be done quickly.

(label) To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

*(Robert South) (1634–1716)

*:Impetuous lust hurries him on.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:They hurried him aboard a bark.

(label) To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:And wild amazement hurries up and down / The little number of your doubtful friends.

Synonyms

* See also

percent

English

Alternative forms

* per cent (mostly UK) * (archaic)

Noun

(en-noun)

A part or other object per hundred

A resolution must receive fifty-one percent of the votes to pass.

percentage.

Usage notes

* A percentage is often denoted by the character . *: 50% denotes ''50 percent . * The difference of two percentages is measured by percentage point, not by percent.

Derived terms

* percentage * percentwise

Adjective

(-)

Expressed in percents; usually together with a number.

''I got a ten percent raise!

''The whisky usually contains over fifty percent alcohol by volume in the maturing casks, while the commercial brands are diluted to 40 to 45 percent.