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Risk vs Accelerate - What's the difference?

risk | accelerate |

As verbs the difference between risk and accelerate

is that risk is to incur risk (to something) while accelerate is (label) to cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

As a noun risk

is a possible, usually negative, outcome, eg, a danger.

As an adjective accelerate is

(rare) accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.

risk

English

(wikipedia risk)

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A possible, usually negative, outcome, e.g., a danger.
  • * Macaulay
    • the imminent and constant risk of assassination, a risk which has shaken very strong nerves
  • * 2006 , BBC News'' website, ''Farmers warned over skin cancer read at [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4764525.stm] on 14 May 2006
    • There was also a "degree of complacency" that the weather in the country was not good enough to present a health risk .
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Snakes and ladders , passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.}}
  • The likelihood of a negative outcome.
  • * 2006', Trever Ramsey on ''BBC News'' website, ''Exercise 'cuts skin cancer '''risk' read at [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4764535.stm] on 14 May 2006
    • Taking regular exercise, coupled with a healthy diet, reduced the risk of several types of cancer.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01, author=Stephen Ledoux, volume=100, issue=1, page=60
    • , magazine= , title= Behaviorism at 100 , passage=Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.}}
  • The potential (conventionally negative) should it occur.
  • * 2002', Decisioneering Inc website, ''What is '''risk ? read at [http://www.decisioneering.com/risk-analysis.html] on 14 May 2006
    • If there is a 25% chance of running over schedule, costing you a $100 out of your own pocket, that might be a risk' you are willing to take. But if you have a 5% chance of running overschedule, knowing that there is a $10,000 penalty, you might be less willing to take that ' risk .

    Derived terms

    * market risk * credit risk * currency risk * operational risk * political risk * financial risk * residual risk * health risk * inflation risk * risk management * risk assessment * risk analysis

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To incur risk (to something).
  • * 2006 , BBC Sport website, Beckham wary over Rooney comeback read at [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/england/4769433.stm] on 14 May 2006
    • England captain David Beckham has warned Wayne Rooney not to risk his long-term future by rushing his return from injury.
  • To incur risk (of something).
  • * 2006 , Transportation Alternatives'' website, ''Rail delays as thieves cut power read at [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/4972476.stm] on 14 May 2006
    • These people are putting themselves in danger by physically being on or near to the railway lines and risk ing serious injury.
  • To incur risk (by something).
  • * 1999 , BBC News'' website, ''Volunteer of the Month: Andrew Hay McConnell read at [http://www.transalt.org/press/magazine/994Summer/12volunteer.html] on 14 May 2006
    • After coming to New York, I decided to risk cycling again.

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    See also

    * roll the dice, take a chance

    Anagrams

    * ----

    accelerate

    English

    Verb

    (accelerat)
  • (label) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
  • (label) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Michael Sivak
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply? , passage=Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating the demand.}}
  • To cause a change of velocity.
  • (label) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
  • To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
  • (label) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
  • (label) Grow; increase.
  • (label)

    • Synonyms

    * advance * dispatch * expedite * forward * further * hasten * quicken * speed up

    Antonyms

    * decelerate * retard

    Derived terms

    * accelerative * accelerator * accelerated motion * accelerating force

    Related terms

    * accelerando * accelerant * acceleration * accelerograph * accelerometer

    Adjective

  • (rare) Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.
  • * 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems , Dialogue 2:
    • ... a general knowledg of the definition of motion, and of the distinction of natural and violent, even and accelerate , and the like, sufficing.

    References

    * English ergative verbs ----