The difference between Dart and Hasten

When used as verbs, dart means to throw with a sudden effort or thrust, whereas hasten means to move or act in a quick fashion.


Dart is also noun with the meaning: a pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand, for example a short lance or javelin.

check bellow for the other definitions of Dart and Hasten

  1. Dart as a noun:

    A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand, for example a short lance or javelin

  2. Dart as a noun:

    Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.

  3. Dart as a noun:

    Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon (can be figurative).

  4. Dart as a noun:

    A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.

  5. Dart as a noun (Australia, obsolete):

    A plan or scheme.

  6. Dart as a noun:

    A sudden or fast movement.

  7. Dart as a noun (sewing):

    A fold that is stitched on a garment.

  8. Dart as a noun:

    the dace (fish).

  9. Dart as a noun (Australia, Canada, colloquial):

    A cigarette.

  1. Dart as a verb (transitive):

    To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.

  2. Dart as a verb (transitive):

    To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot

    Examples:

    "The sun darts forth his beams."

    "Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart? - rfdatek Alexander Pope"

  3. Dart as a verb (intransitive):

    To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly

    Examples:

    "The flying man darted eastward."

  4. Dart as a verb (intransitive):

    To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along

    Examples:

    "The deer darted from the thicket."

  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.

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