The difference between Fast and Sound

When used as interjections, fast means short for "stand fast", a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target, whereas sound means yes.

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 sound means a sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.

When used as adverbs, fast means in a firm or secure manner, securely, whereas sound means soundly.

When used as verbs, 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, whereas sound means to produce a sound.

When used as adjectives, fast means firmly or securely fixed in place, whereas sound means healthy.

check bellow for the other definitions of Fast and Sound

  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."

  1. Sound as an adjective:

    Healthy.

    Examples:

    "He was safe and sound."

    "In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work."

  2. Sound as an adjective:

    Complete, solid, or secure.

    Examples:

    "Fred assured me the floorboards were sound."

  3. Sound as an adjective (mathematics, logic):

    Having the property of soundness.

  4. Sound as an adjective (British, slang):

    Good; acceptable; decent.

    Examples:

    "How are you?" - "I'm sound."

    "That's a sound track you're playing."

    "See that man over there? He's sound. You should get to know him."

  5. Sound as an adjective (of sleep):

    Quiet and deep.

    Examples:

    "Her sleep was sound."

  6. Sound as an adjective:

    Heavy; laid on with force.

    Examples:

    "a sound beating"

  7. Sound as an adjective:

    Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.

    Examples:

    "a sound title to land"

  1. Sound as an adverb:

    Soundly.

  1. Sound as a noun:

    A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.

    Examples:

    "He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps nowrap behind him.  nowrap Nobody made a sound."

  2. Sound as a noun:

    A vibration capable of causing such sensations.

  3. Sound as a noun (music):

    A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc

  4. Sound as a noun:

    Noise without meaning; empty noise.

  5. Sound as a noun:

    , distance within which a certain noise may be heard.

    Examples:

    "Stay within the sound of my voice."

  1. Sound as a verb (intransitive):

    To produce a sound.

    Examples:

    "When the horn sounds, take cover."

  2. Sound as a verb (copulative):

    To convey an impression by one's sound.

    Examples:

    "He sounded good when we last spoke."

    "That story sounds like a pack of lies!"

  3. Sound as a verb (intransitive):

    To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.

  4. Sound as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To resound.

  5. Sound as a verb (intransitive, legal, often, with ''in''):

    To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law.

  6. Sound as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to produce a sound.

    Examples:

    "Sound the alarm!"

    "He sounds the instrument."

  7. Sound as a verb (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant):

    To pronounce.

    Examples:

    "The "e" in "house" isn't sounded."

  1. Sound as a noun (geography):

    A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.

    Examples:

    "Puget Sound; Owen Sound"

  2. Sound as a noun:

    The air bladder of a fish.

    Examples:

    "Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food."

  3. Sound as a noun:

    A cuttlefish.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Ainsworth"

  1. Sound as a verb (intransitive):

    Dive downwards, used of a whale.

    Examples:

    "The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive."

  2. Sound as a verb:

    To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.

    Examples:

    "When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal."

  3. Sound as a verb:

    Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.

    Examples:

    "Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope."

  4. Sound as a verb (medicine):

    To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.

    Examples:

    "to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra"

  1. Sound as a noun (medicine):

    An instrument for probing or dilating; a .

  1. Sound as a noun:

    A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.

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