Rapid vs Scrawled - What's the difference?
rapid | scrawled |
Very swift or quick.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
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, title= Steep, changing altitude quickly. (of a slope)
Needing only a brief exposure time. (of a lens, plate, film, etc.)
(England, dialectal) Violent, severe.
(obsolete, dialectal) Happy.
(often, in the plural) a rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and turbulent motion of the water.
(dated) A burst of rapid fire.
Having been written in a rapid and sloppy manner.
:The doctor's scrawled signature was almost unreadable.
(scrawl)
:He scrawled his signature on the receipt with quick disregard for legibility.
As adjectives the difference between rapid and scrawled
is that rapid is very swift or quick while scrawled is having been written in a rapid and sloppy manner.As a adverb rapid
is (archaic or colloquial) rapidly.As a noun rapid
is (often|in the plural) a rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and turbulent motion of the water.As a verb scrawled is
(scrawl).rapid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels.
citation, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
Chico Harlan
Japan pockets the subsidy …, passage=Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}
