The difference between Fast and Fortified
When used as nouns, fast means a train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations, whereas fortified means a fortified wine.
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.
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.
Fast is also adjective with the meaning: firmly or securely fixed in place.
check bellow for the other definitions of Fast and Fortified
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Fast as an adjective (dated):
Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.
Examples:
"That rope is dangerously loose. Make it fast!"
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Fast as an adjective:
Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
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Fast as an adjective (of people):
Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like .)
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Fast as an adjective:
Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid.
Examples:
"I am going to buy a fast car."
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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"
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Fast as an adjective (computing, of a piece of hardware):
Able to transfer data in a short period of time.
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Fast as an adjective:
Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people).
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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."
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Fast as an adjective (obsolete):
Tenacious; retentive.
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Fast as an adjective (dated):
Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
Examples:
"a fast woman"
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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."
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Fast as an adjective (of photographic film):
More sensitive to light than average.
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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."
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Fast as an adverb (of sleeping):
Deeply or soundly .
Examples:
"He is fast asleep."
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Fast as an adverb:
Immediately following in place or time; close, very near .
Examples:
"The horsemen came fast on our heels."
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Fast as an adverb:
Quickly, with great speed; within a short time .
Examples:
"Do it as fast as you can."
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Fast as an adverb:
Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
Examples:
"I think my watch is running fast."
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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
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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."
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Fast as a noun:
The act or practice of abstaining from food or of eating very little food.
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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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Fortified as a verb:
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Fortified as a noun:
A fortified wine.
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