Quickening vs Gladdening - What's the difference?
quickening | gladdening | Related terms |
An increase of speed.
* 1861 , United States. War Dept, U.S. Infantry Tactics (page 124)
The action of bringing someone or something to life.
The first noticable movements of a foetus during pregnancy, or the period when this occurs.
Stimulation, excitement (of a feeling, emotion etc.).
* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
Quickening is a related term of gladdening.
As verbs the difference between quickening and gladdening
is that quickening is while gladdening is .As a noun quickening
is an increase of speed.quickening
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- If the following guide lose his distance from the one leading (which can only happen by his own fault), he will correct himself by slightly lengthening or shortening a few steps, in order that there may not be sudden quickenings or slackenings in the march of his platoon.
- It may indeed be said that these days brought on a high quickening of Maisie's direct percptions, of her sense of freedom to make out things for herself.
