The difference between Accelerate and Hasten
When used as verbs, accelerate means to cause to move faster, whereas hasten means to move or act in a quick fashion.
Accelerate is also adjective with the meaning: accelerated.
check bellow for the other definitions of Accelerate and Hasten
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Accelerate as a verb (transitive):
To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
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Accelerate as a verb (transitive):
To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
Examples:
"to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc."
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Accelerate as a verb (transitive, physics):
To cause a change of velocity.
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Accelerate as a verb (transitive):
To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
Examples:
"to accelerate our departure"
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Accelerate as a verb (transitive, education):
To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
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Accelerate as a verb (intransitive):
To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
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Accelerate as a verb (intransitive):
Grow; increase.
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Accelerate as a verb (obsolete):
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Accelerate as an adjective (rare):
Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.
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Hasten as a verb (intransitive):
To move or act in a quick fashion.
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Hasten as a verb (transitive):
To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.
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Hasten as a verb (transitive):
To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.