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

  1. Accelerate as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

  2. 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."

  3. Accelerate as a verb (transitive, physics):

    To cause a change of velocity.

  4. Accelerate as a verb (transitive):

    To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.

    Examples:

    "to accelerate our departure"

  5. Accelerate as a verb (transitive, education):

    To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.

  6. Accelerate as a verb (intransitive):

    To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.

  7. Accelerate as a verb (intransitive):

    Grow; increase.

  8. Accelerate as a verb (obsolete):

  1. Accelerate as an adjective (rare):

    Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.

  1. Hasten as a verb (intransitive):

    To move or act in a quick fashion.

  2. Hasten as a verb (transitive):

    To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker.

  3. Hasten as a verb (transitive):

    To cause some scheduled event to happen earlier.