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quick vs rapid

Both 'quick' and 'rapid' are correct and commonly used in English. They are synonyms that can be used interchangeably to describe something happening fast or taking a short amount of time.

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 927 views

quick

The word 'quick' is correct and commonly used in English to describe something happening fast or taking a short amount of time.

You can use 'quick' to describe something that is done or happens with speed or in a short period of time.

Examples:

He is a quick learner.
She gave a quick response to the question.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

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Your friend is quick with insults.
We need a quick Armenian political win.
Rapinyl is a quick dissolving sublingual tablet formulation.
Resets the quick filter when changing feeds.
Just wanted to give you a quick report on Asia.
We just need to do a quick evaluation on Wilfred.
Yes, 1.42.2 is unbelievably quick.
Just let mommy make one quick wish.
We were used to piracy, but there was a quick remedy.
That is such a quick reply.
I just wanted to give you a quick update.
A text here, a quick phone call there.
Right, a quick run-through of my Five Hours To Go check list.
In evolutionary terms, the size increase is astonishingly quick.
Okay, just a small, quick announcement.
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
Here, quick, take a picture.
Mindy, it's just a quick tour.
At least for them it was quick.
She just needs to make a quick call.

Alternatives:

fast
speedy
swift
prompt
expeditious

rapid

The word 'rapid' is correct and commonly used in English to describe something happening fast or taking a short amount of time.

You can use 'rapid' to describe something that is done or happens with speed or in a short period of time.

Examples:

The company experienced rapid growth last year.
The rapid development of technology has changed our lives.
The river flows at a rapid pace.

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A great scientist is dying of rapid tissue degeneration.
Parker's specialty is the redeployment of rapid response groups.
You'll be in the rapid stream of decision-making.
It's weaker and very rapid.
Her pulse is weak, rapid.
And since fire is essentially A rapid oxidation reaction...
Discovered by Clintors rapid response team.
Excretion is rapid and mainly via the faeces.
Scoliosis may progress in any child during rapid growth.
Markets for space services are seeing rapid growth.
The rapid reaction force must receive more attention.
However, markets for air transport are undergoing rapid developments.
The market for securitisation is undergoing rapid development.
Use of a mechanical apparatus causing rapid death.
Monitor rapid credit expansion and adjust prudential rules.
We must therefore strengthen Europe-wide rapid alert mechanisms.
Effective mitigation requires a rapid response.
There was a rapid vapor expansion of the Pu-239 and... I swallowed some.
These patients usually have a rapid ventricular response.
In addition it would also allow for a more rapid implementation and application of these rules.

Alternatives:

quick
fast
speedy
swift
prompt

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