dash vs hurry

dash and hurry both are nouns.

dash and hurry both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dash	Yes	No	Yes	No
hurry	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, hurry is a hypernym of dash; that is, hurry is a word with a broader meaning than dash:

dash: the act of moving with great haste
hurry: the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

Other hypernyms of dash include haste, rush, rushing.

dash (noun)	hurry (noun)
a quick run	the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
the act of moving with great haste	overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
distinctive and stylish elegance	a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
a footrace run at top speed

dash (verb)	hurry (verb)
break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over	act at high speed
add an enlivening or altering element to	urge to an unnatural speed
hurl or thrust violently	move very fast
cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away
run or move very quickly or hastily
destroy or break

Difference between dash and hurry

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