Difference between Straightaway and Immediately

What is the difference between Straightaway and Immediately?

Straightaway as an adverb is at once; immediately. while Immediately as an adverb is in an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.

Straightaway

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: extending into the distance in a straight line.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: At once; immediately.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A straight section of a racetrack.

Immediately

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.

Example sentence: The minute somebody joins a committee... they immediately suffer from committee brain. They become wildly over-enthusiastic, over-optimistic, over-pessimistic. Committees turn people into idiots, and politics is a committee.

We hope you now know whether to use Straightaway or Immediately in your sentence.

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