The difference between Easy and Fast

When used as nouns, easy means something that is easy, whereas fast means a train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations.

When used as adverbs, easy means in a relaxed or casual manner, whereas fast means in a firm or secure manner, securely.

When used as adjectives, easy means comfortable, whereas fast means firmly or securely fixed in place.

Fast is also interjection with the meaning: short for "stand fast", a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target.

Fast is also verb with the meaning: to restrict one's personal consumption, generally of food, but sometimes other things, in various manners (totally, temporally, by avoiding particular items), often for religious or medical reasons.

check bellow for the other definitions of Easy and Fast

  1. Easy as an adjective (now, rare, _, except in certain expressions):

    Comfortable; at ease.

    Examples:

    "Now that I know it's taken care of, I can rest easy at night."

  2. Easy as an adjective:

    Requiring little skill or effort.

    Examples:

    "It's often easy to wake up but hard to get up."

    "The teacher gave an easy test to her students."

  3. Easy as an adjective:

    Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour.

    Examples:

    "Rich people live in easy circumstances."

    "an easy chair"

  4. Easy as an adjective:

    Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth.

    Examples:

    "easy manners; an easy style"

  5. Easy as an adjective (informal, pejorative, of a person):

    Consenting readily to sex.

    Examples:

    "He has a reputation for being easy; they say he slept with half the senior class."

  6. Easy as an adjective:

    Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; compliant.

  7. Easy as an adjective (finance, dated):

    Not straitened as to money matters; opposed to .

    Examples:

    "The market is easy."

  1. Easy as an adverb:

    In a relaxed or casual manner.

    Examples:

    "After his illness, John decided to [[take it easy take it easy]]."

  2. Easy as an adverb:

    In a manner without strictness or harshness.

    Examples:

    "Jane went easier on him after he broke his arm."

  3. Easy as an adverb:

    Used an intensifier for large magnitudes.

    Examples:

    "This project will cost 15 million dollars, easy."

  4. Easy as an adverb:

    Not difficult, not hard.

  1. Easy as a noun:

    Something that is easy

  1. Easy as a verb (rowing):

  1. Fast as an adjective (dated):

    Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.

    Examples:

    "That rope is dangerously loose. Make it fast!"

  2. Fast as an adjective:

    Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.

  3. Fast as an adjective (of people):

    Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like .)

  4. Fast as an adjective:

    Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid.

    Examples:

    "I am going to buy a fast car."

  5. Fast as an adjective:

    Causing unusual rapidity of play or action.

    Examples:

    "a fast racket, or tennis court; a fast track; a fast billiard table''; ''a fast dance floor"

  6. Fast as an adjective (computing, of a piece of hardware):

    Able to transfer data in a short period of time.

  7. Fast as an adjective:

    Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people).

  8. Fast as an adjective (of dyes or colours):

    Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent.

    Examples:

    "All the washing has come out pink. That red tee-shirt was not fast."

  9. Fast as an adjective (obsolete):

    Tenacious; retentive.

  10. Fast as an adjective (dated):

    Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.

    Examples:

    "a fast woman"

  11. Fast as an adjective:

    Ahead of the correct time or schedule.

    Examples:

    "There must be something wrong with the hall clock. It is always fast."

  12. Fast as an adjective (of photographic film):

    More sensitive to light than average.

  1. Fast as an adverb:

    In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound .

    Examples:

    "Hold this rope as fast as you can."

  2. Fast as an adverb (of sleeping):

    Deeply or soundly .

    Examples:

    "He is fast asleep."

  3. Fast as an adverb:

    Immediately following in place or time; close, very near .

    Examples:

    "The horsemen came fast on our heels."

  4. Fast as an adverb:

    Quickly, with great speed; within a short time .

    Examples:

    "Do it as fast as you can."

  5. Fast as an adverb:

    Ahead of the correct time or schedule.

    Examples:

    "I think my watch is running fast."

  1. Fast as a noun (British, rail transport):

    A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations

  1. Fast as a verb (intransitive):

    To restrict one's personal consumption, generally of food, but sometimes other things, in various manners (totally, temporally, by avoiding particular items), often for religious or medical reasons.

    Examples:

    "Muslims fast during Ramadan and Catholics during Lent."

  1. Fast as a noun:

    The act or practice of abstaining from food or of eating very little food.

  2. Fast as a noun:

    The period of time during which one abstains from or eats very little food.

    Examples:

    "[[Lent]] and [[Ramadan]] are fasts of two [[religion]]s."

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