The difference between Quickbeam and Quicken
When used as nouns, quickbeam means the european rowan tree, whereas quicken means the european rowan, sorbus aucuparia.
Quicken is also verb with the meaning: to give life to.
check bellow for the other definitions of Quickbeam and Quicken
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Quickbeam as a noun (botany):
The European rowan tree.
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Quicken as a verb (transitive, now, _, literary):
To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive.
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Quicken as a verb (intransitive, now, _, literary):
To come back to life, receive life.
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Quicken as a verb (intransitive):
To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be roused, excited.
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Quicken as a verb (intransitive):
Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move.
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Quicken as a verb (transitive):
To make quicker; to hasten, speed up.
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Quicken as a verb (intransitive):
To become faster.
Examples:
"My heartbeat quickened when I heard him approach."
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Quicken as a verb (shipbuilding):
To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper.
Examples:
"to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced"
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Quicken as a noun (now, _, chiefly, Northern England):
The European rowan, Sorbus aucuparia.