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Quicken vs Further - What's the difference?

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Quicken is a related term of further.


As verbs the difference between quicken and further

is that quicken is while further is to encourage growth.

As a noun quicken

is .

As an adjective further is

(far); of or pertaining to being distant, or of greater distance in degree or of extension in time.

As an adverb further is

.

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

    further

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To encourage growth.
  • Further the economy.
  • To support progress or growth of something.
  • Derived terms

    * *

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (far); of or pertaining to being distant, or of greater distance in degree or of extension in time.
  • More, additional.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=November 3 , author=Chris Bevan , title=Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=This time Cudicini was left helpless when Natcho stepped up to expertly curl the ball into the top corner.
    That was the cue for further pressure from the Russian side and it took further Cudicini saves to keep the score down.}}

    Derived terms

    * * * *

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (conjunctive) Also; in addition to.
  • * 1924 , (Aristotle), W. D. Ross (translator), ,
  • Further , besides sensible things and Forms he says there are the objects of mathematics, which occupy an intermediate position,.
  • (location) At greater distance in space or time; farther.
  • * , chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further . We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. […]”}}
  • (conjunctive) Moreover; beyond what is already stated.
  • Further , affiant sayeth naught. (A formal statement ending a deposition or affidavit, immediately preceding the affiant's signature.)
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
  • , volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= How algorithms rule the world , passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.

    Usage notes

    Some usage guides distinguish (farther) and (further), with farther'' referring to distance, and ''further'' referring to degree or time. Grammar Girl: Further Versus Farther] Others, such as the OED, recommend ''farther'' as a comparative form of ''far'' and ''further for use when it is not comparative.[http://www.dailywritingtips.com/farther-further-whats-the-difference/ Daily Writing Tips – Farther, Further: What’s the Difference? However, most authorities consider the two interchangeable in most or all circumstances, and historically they have not been distinguished. Grammar Girl: Further Versus Farther

    See also

    * far

    Derived terms

    * furthermore

    References