Difference between Hurry and Rush

What is the difference between Hurry and Rush?

Hurry as a verb is to do things quickly. while Rush as a verb is to hurry; to perform a task with great haste.

Hurry

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To do things quickly. Often with , to speed up the rate of doing something.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Rushed action. When one is "in a hurry" (adverbial phrase) it means one is doing things quickly and often impatiently. In American football, an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play.

Example sentence: Everybody is in a hurry to decode you in a certain way, and then they expect you to adhere to their definition. How can they possibly do that when you yourself are finding it hard to discover yourself?

Rush

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any of several stiff aquatic or marsh plants of the genus Juncus having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers.The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.A sudden forward motion.A surge.General haste.A rapid, noisy flow.A sudden attack; an onslaught.The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.To flow rapidly or noisily.To dribble rapidly.To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.To cause to move or act with unusual haste.To make a swift or sudden attack.To swiftly attach to without warning.To transport or carry quickly.

Part of speech: proper noun

Definition: A dialect of the language PL/1.

Example sentence: When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.

We hope you now know whether to use Hurry or Rush in your sentence.

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