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Mint vs Quicken - What's the difference?

mint | quicken |

As verbs the difference between mint and quicken

is that mint is (intransitive|provincial|northern england|scotland) to try, attempt; take aim or mint can be to reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence while quicken is .

As nouns the difference between mint and quicken

is that mint is (provincial|northern england|scotland) intent, purpose; an attempt, try; effort, endeavor or mint can be a building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence or mint can be any of several plants of the family lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems while quicken is .

As an adjective mint

is of condition, as new or mint can be of a green colour, like that of the mint plant.

mint

English

(wikibooks mint)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).

Verb

(en verb)
  • (intransitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt; take aim.
  • (transitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt, endeavor; to take aim at; to try to hit; to purpose.
  • (intransitive, chiefly, Scotland) To hint; suggest; insinuate.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (provincial, Northern England, Scotland) Intent, purpose; an attempt, try; effort, endeavor.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
  • (informal) A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc.
    • That house is worth a mint
    It must have cost a mint to produce!
  • (figurative) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
  • * Shakespeare
    • A mint of phrases in his brain.
    Related terms
    * money * monetary

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
  • To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • titles of such natures as may be easily minted

    Derived terms

    * mintage * minted * mintmark

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of condition, as new.
    • in mint condition .
  • (numismatics) In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
  • (philately) Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
  • (UK, slang) Very good.
  • * 2014 , Holly Hagan, Not Quite a Geordie
    • And my God, what a house it was – it was mint ! In all my life I had never set foot in such a beautiful place.

    See also

    * bullion

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several plants of the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
  • The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
  • A green colour, like that of mint.
  • A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
    • Derived terms
    * apple mint * bergamot mint * brandy mint * breath mint * brook mint * brown mint * catmint * chocolate mint * corn mint * crisped mint, crisp mint * curled mint * fish mint * grapefruit mint * horse mint * mackerel mint * mint cake * mint-drop * mint imperial * mint jelly * mint julep * Minto * mint sauce * mint-sling * mint-stick * mint tea * mint vinegar * mint-water * minty * peppermint * pineapple mint * scotch mint * spearmint * stone mint * water mint * wild mint
    Related terms
    * calamint * menthol

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of a green colour, like that of the mint plant.

    • See also

    * balm * bee balm * bergamot * betony * catnip * clary * dragonhead * henbit * horehound * labiate * * lemon balm * monarda * oregano * patchouli * pennyroyal * perilla * rosemary * salvia * selfheal * skullcap * spike lavender * thyme * wild bergamot * woundwort * ----

    quicken

    English

    Etymology 1

    From . Compare Swedish kvickna, Danish kvikne.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • *1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. (Bible) , (w) XVII:
  • *:Whosoever will goo about to save his lyfe, shall loose it: And whosoever shall loose his life, shall
  • *1610 , , act 3
  • *:The mistress which I serve quickens what's dead, / And makes my labours pleasures
  • *(Robert South) (1634–1716)
  • *:Like a fruitful garden without an hedge, that quickens the appetite to enjoy so tempting a prize.
  • (lb) To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be roused, excited.
  • *1910 , ‘(Saki)’, "The Lost Sanjak", Reginald in Russia :
  • *:The Chaplain's interest in the story visibly quickened .
  • (lb) Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move.
  • *2013 , (Hilary Mantel), ‘Royal Bodies’, (London Review of Books) , 35.IV:
  • *:Royal pregnancies were not announced in those days; the news generally crept out, and public anticipation was aroused only when the child quickened .
  • (lb) To make quicker; to hasten, speed up.
  • *2000 , (George RR Martin), A Storm of Swords , Bantam 2011, p.47:
  • *:That day Arya quickened their pace, keeping the horses to a trot as long as she dared, and sometimes spurring to a gallop when she spied a flat stretch of field before them.
  • (lb) To become faster.
  • :
  • *
  • *:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
  • (lb) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper.
  • :

    • Etymology 2

    Apparently from quick, with uncertain final element.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • *1924 , (Ford Madox Ford), Some Do Not…'', Penguin 2012 (''Parade's End ), p, 104:
  • *:Miss Wannop moved off down the path: it was only suited for Indian file, and had on the left hand a ten-foot, untrimmed quicken hedge, the hawthorn blossoms just beginning to blacken […].
    • Synonyms
    * quickbeam English ergative verbs