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Quicken vs Refresh - What's the difference?

quicken | refresh | Synonyms |

Quicken is a synonym of refresh.


As verbs the difference between quicken and refresh

is that quicken is while refresh is to renew or revitalize.

As nouns the difference between quicken and refresh

is that quicken is while refresh is the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.

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

    refresh

    English

    Verb

    (wikipedia refresh) (es)
  • To renew or revitalize.
    • Sleep refreshes the body and the mind.
  • (computing) To reload a document and show any new changes, especially a webpage on the internet.
  • * 2007 , Beth Harbison, Shoe Addicts Anonymous
    • She refreshed the page. She was still the high bidder. Good.
  • (computing) To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
  • * 2007 , Philip C Plumlee, Test Driven Ajax (on Rails)
    • You can save your code, refresh your browser, and see a change instantly. This simple trick turns a lowly web browser into a development environment
  • To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.

    • Anagrams

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    Noun

    (es)
  • The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
  • (computing) The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data.