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
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Dart as a noun:
A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand, for example a short lance or javelin
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Dart as a noun:
Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
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Dart as a noun:
Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon (can be figurative).
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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.
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Dart as a noun (Australia, obsolete):
A plan or scheme.
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Dart as a noun:
A sudden or fast movement.
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Dart as a noun (sewing):
A fold that is stitched on a garment.
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Dart as a noun:
the dace (fish).
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Dart as a noun (Australia, Canada, colloquial):
A cigarette.
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Dart as a verb (transitive):
To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.
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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"
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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."
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Dart as a verb (intransitive):
To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along
Examples:
"The deer darted from the thicket."
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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.