Toddle vs Hasten - What's the difference?
toddle | hasten | Related terms |
To walk unsteadily, as a small child does.
To walk in a carefree manner.
To move in a quick fashion.
To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
* Bible, Psalms lv. 8
* 2008 , Bradley Simpson, Economists with Guns , page 7:
To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.
Toddle is a related term of hasten.
As a verb toddle
is to walk unsteadily, as a small child does.As a noun hasten is
.toddle
English
Verb
- There he was, just toddling along.
Synonyms
* totterDerived terms
* toddler * toddle offhasten
English
Verb
(en verb)- I would hasten my escape from the windy storm.
- [...] and prescribed policies and packages of military, economic and technical assistance to hasten their inevitable march toward development and modernity.