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Speedy vs Agile - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between speedy and agile

is that speedy is rapid; swift while agile is having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.

speedy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • rapid; swift

    • Synonyms

    * fast, swift, quick, rapid * See also

    Derived terms

    * speedily * speediness * speedy delete * speedy deletion

    agile

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.
  • * Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Hound of the Baskervilles
    • The man drew out paper and tobacco and twirled the one up in the other with surprising dexterity. He had long, quivering fingers as agile and restless as the antennae of an insect.
  • (computing) Of or relating to (Agile software development), a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.
    • agile methods

    Synonyms

    * active, alert, nimble, brisk, lively, quick

    Derived terms

    * agility ----