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Hurry vs Slither - What's the difference?

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Hurry is a related term of slither.


As verbs the difference between hurry and slither

is that hurry is (label) to do things quickly while slither is to move about smoothly and from side to side.

As a noun hurry

is rushed action.

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

    See also

    * haste * hurry up * di di mau 1000 English basic words

    slither

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move about smoothly and from side to side.
  • To slide
  • * 2003 , J. Flash, An American Savage
    • I bent down and with both hands I scooped up as much of this pissshit as I could. The green and brown clump felt like Jello as it dripped down all over my clothes. It was slithering through inbetween my fingers.

    Derived terms

    * slitherlink

    Anagrams

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