The difference between Express and Fast

When used as nouns, express means a mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly, 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 verbs, express means to convey or communicate, whereas fast means 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.

When used as adjectives, express means moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops, 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 adverb with the meaning: in a firm or secure manner, securely.

check bellow for the other definitions of Express and Fast

  1. Express as an adjective (not comparable):

    Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.

  2. Express as an adjective (comparable):

    Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.

    Examples:

    "I gave him express instructions not to begin until I arrived, but he ignored me."

    "This book cannot be copied without the express permission of the publisher."

  3. Express as an adjective:

    Truly depicted; exactly resembling.

    Examples:

    "In my eyes it bore a livelier image of the spirit, it seemed more express and single, than the imperfect and divided countenance."

  4. Express as an adjective (retail):

    Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type.

    Examples:

    "The Pizza Hut inside Target isn't a full one: it's a Pizza Hut Express."

    "Some Wal-Mart stores will include a McDonald's Express."

    "The mall's selection of cell phone carriers includes a full AT&T store and a T-Mobile express."

  1. Express as a noun:

    A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.

    Examples:

    "I took the express into town."

  2. Express as a noun:

    A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.

  3. Express as a noun:

    An express rifle.

  4. Express as a noun (obsolete):

    A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.

  5. Express as a noun:

    A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.

  6. Express as a noun:

    An express office.

  7. Express as a noun:

    That which is sent by an express messenger or message.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Eikon Basilike"

  1. Express as a verb (transitive):

    To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.

    Examples:

    "Words cannot express the love I feel for him."

  2. Express as a verb (transitive):

    To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk).

  3. Express as a verb (biochemistry):

    To translate messenger RNA into protein.

  4. Express as a verb (biochemistry):

    To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.

  1. Express as a noun (obsolete):

    The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression.

  2. Express as a noun (obsolete):

    A specific statement or instruction.

  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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