The difference between Quick and Swift

When used as nouns, quick means raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails, whereas swift means a small plain-colored bird of the family apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.

When used as adverbs, quick means quickly, whereas swift means swiftly.

When used as adjectives, quick means moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so, whereas swift means fast.

Quick is also verb with the meaning: to amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.

check bellow for the other definitions of Quick and Swift

  1. Quick as an adjective:

    Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.

    Examples:

    "I ran to the station – but I wasn't quick enough."

    "He's a quick runner."

  2. Quick as an adjective:

    Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.

    Examples:

    "That was a quick meal."

  3. Quick as an adjective:

    Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.

    Examples:

    "You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics."

  4. Quick as an adjective:

    Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.

    Examples:

    "My father is old but he still has a quick wit."

  5. Quick as an adjective:

    Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.

  6. Quick as an adjective (archaic):

    Alive, living.

  7. Quick as an adjective (archaic):

    Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.

  8. Quick as an adjective:

    Of water: flowing.

  9. Quick as an adjective:

    Burning, flammable, fiery.

  10. Quick as an adjective:

    Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.

  11. Quick as an adjective (mining, of a [[vein]] of [[ore]]):

    productive; not "dead" or barren

  1. Quick as an adverb:

    quickly

  2. Quick as an adverb (colloquial):

    with speed

    Examples:

    "Get rich quick."

    "Come here, quick!"

  1. Quick as a noun:

    raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.

  2. Quick as a noun:

    plants used in making a quickset hedge

  3. Quick as a noun:

    The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.

  4. Quick as a noun:

    quitchgrass

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Tennyson"

  5. Quick as a noun (cricket):

    A fast bowler.

  1. Quick as a verb (transitive):

    To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.

  2. Quick as a verb (transitive, archaic, poetic):

    To quicken.

  1. Swift as an adjective:

    Fast; quick; rapid.

  2. Swift as an adjective:

    Capable of moving at high speeds.

  1. Swift as a noun:

    A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.

  2. Swift as a noun:

    Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus.

  3. Swift as a noun:

    A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.

  4. Swift as a noun:

    A reel for winding yarn.

  5. Swift as a noun:

    The main cylinder of a carding-machine.

  6. Swift as a noun (obsolete):

    The current of a stream.

  1. Swift as an adverb (obsolete, poetic):

    Swiftly.

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