The difference between Hack and Quick fix
When used as nouns, hack means a tool for chopping, whereas quick fix means a simple solution.
Hack is also verb with the meaning: to chop or cut down in a rough manner.
check bellow for the other definitions of Hack and Quick fix
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Hack as a verb (transitive):
To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
Examples:
"They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle."
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Hack as a verb (intransitive):
To cough noisily.
Examples:
"This cold is awful. I can't stop hacking."
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Hack as a verb:
To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
Examples:
"Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?"
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Hack as a verb (computing):
To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
Examples:
"I hacked in a fix for this bug, but we'll still have to do a real fix later."
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Hack as a verb (computing):
To accomplish a difficult programming task.
Examples:
"He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected."
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Hack as a verb (computing, slang, transitive):
To work with something on an intimately technical level.
Examples:
"I'm currently hacking distributed garbage collection."
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Hack as a verb (transitive, colloquial, by extension):
To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
Examples:
"I read up on dating tips so I can hack my sex life."
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Hack as a verb (transitive, slang, computing):
To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code; to crack.
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Hack as a verb (transitive, slang, computing):
By extension, to gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
Examples:
"When I logged into the social network, I discovered I'd been hacked."
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Hack as a verb (ice hockey):
To strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick.
Examples:
"He's going to the penalty box after hacking the defender in front of the goal."
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Hack as a verb (ice hockey):
To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
Examples:
"There's a scramble in front of the net as the forwards are hacking at the bouncing puck."
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Hack as a verb (baseball):
To swing at a pitched ball.
Examples:
"He went to the batter's box hacking."
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Hack as a verb (soccer and rugby):
To kick (a player) on the shins.
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Hack as a verb:
To strike in a frantic movement.
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Hack as a verb (transitive):
To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.
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Hack as a noun:
A tool for chopping.
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Hack as a noun:
A hacking blow.
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Hack as a noun:
A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Hack as a noun:
A dry cough.
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Hack as a noun:
A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
Examples:
"rfquotek Dr. H. More"
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Hack as a noun (figuratively):
A try, an attempt.
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Hack as a noun (curling):
The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
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Hack as a noun (obsolete):
A mattock or a miner's pickaxe.
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Hack as a noun (computing):
An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.
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Hack as a noun (computing):
An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
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Hack as a noun (colloquial):
A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
Examples:
"Putting your phone in a sandwich bag when you go to the beach is such a great hack."
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Hack as a noun (computing, slang):
An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.
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Hack as a noun (computing, slang):
A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
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Hack as a noun (slang, military):
Time check.
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Hack as a noun (baseball):
A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter.
Examples:
"He took a few hacks, but the pitcher finally struck him out."
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Hack as a noun:
A kick on the shins in football.
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Hack as a noun (slang, naval):
confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment
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Hack as a noun (falconry):
A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
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Hack as a noun:
A food-rack for cattle.
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Hack as a noun:
A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
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Hack as a noun:
A grating in a mill race.
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Hack as a verb:
To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
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Hack as a verb (falconry):
To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
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Hack as a noun:
A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
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Hack as a noun:
A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
Examples:
"I got by on hack work for years before I finally published my novel."
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Hack as a noun (pejorative):
Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
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Hack as a noun (slang):
A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.
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Hack as a noun (now, chiefly, North America, colloquial):
A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney coach, now typically a taxicab.
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Hack as a noun:
A hearse.
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Hack as a noun (pejorative, authorship):
An untalented writer.
Examples:
"Dason is nothing but a two-bit hack."
"He's nothing but the typical hack writer."
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Hack as a noun (pejorative):
One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
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Hack as a noun (pejorative):
A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
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Hack as a noun (politics):
A political agitator. (slightly derogatory)
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Hack as a noun (obsolete):
A writer who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
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Hack as a noun (obsolete):
A procuress.
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Hack as a verb (dated):
To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.
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Hack as a verb:
To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
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Hack as a verb (obsolete):
To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
Examples:
"rfquotek Hanmer"
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Hack as a verb (obsolete):
To live the life of a drudge or hack.
Examples:
"rfquotek Goldsmith"
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Hack as a verb:
To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
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Hack as a verb:
To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
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Hack as a noun:
A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
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Hack as a verb:
To play hackeysack.
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Quick fix as a noun:
A simple solution; an easy way out.
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Quick fix as a noun:
A temporary solution; a stopgap measure.