flash vs speed
speed vs flashflash and speed both are nouns.
flash is an adjective but speed is not an adjective.
flash and speed both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| flash | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| speed | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
speed is a hypernym of
flash; that is, speed is a
word with a broader meaning than flash:
- flash: run or move very quickly or hastily
- speed: move hurridly
Other hypernyms of flash include
belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, step on it.
| flash (noun) | speed (noun) |
|---|---|
| a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph | changing location rapidly |
| a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification | a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression |
| a momentary brightness | a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens |
| a sudden brilliant understanding | the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system |
| a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story | distance travelled per unit time |
| a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate | |
| a gaudy outward display | |
| a sudden intense burst of radiant energy | |
| a short vivid experience | |
| a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) |
| flash (adjective) | speed (adjective) |
|---|---|
| tastelessly showy |
| flash (verb) | speed (verb) |
|---|---|
| appear briefly | move faster |
| emit a brief burst of light | cause to move faster |
| make known or cause to appear with great speed | move very fast |
| protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal | travel at an excessive or illegal velocity |
| run or move very quickly or hastily | move hurridly |
| gleam or glow intermittently | |
| display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously | |
| expose or show briefly |
Words related to "flash"
- Bengal light
- New York minute
- Very light
- Very-light
- appear
- belt along
- bit
- blink
- blink of an eye
- bluster
- brainstorm
- brainwave
- brassy
- bravado
- brightness
- buck
- bucket along
- bulletin
- cannonball along
- charge
- cheap
- convey
- coruscation
- cover
- dart
- dash
- display
- exhibit
- exhibitionism
- experience
- expose
- fanfare
- flare
- flash back
- flash bulb
- flash camera
- flash lamp
- flashbulb
- flasher
- flashgun
- flashing
- flashy
- flaunt
- flex
- flick
- flicker
- garish
- gaudy
- gimcrack
- gleam
- gleaming
- glimmer
- glint
- glitter
- happening
- hasten
- heartbeat
- heat flash
- hie
- hotfoot
- insight
- instant
- jiffy
- lamp
- lightning
- loud
- meretricious
- minute
- mo
- moment
- natural event
- news bulletin
- newsbreak
- newsflash
- occurrence
- occurrent
- ostentate
- ostentation
- patch
- pedantry
- pelt along
- photoflash
- photographic equipment
- plunge
- race
- radiate
- ritz
- rush
- rush along
- scoot
- scud
- second
- shoot
- shoot down
- show
- show off
- spark
- sparkle
- speed
- split second
- splurge
- star shell
- step on it
- streak
- swank
- tacky
- tasteless
- tatty
- tawdry
- tear
- trashy
- trice
- twinkle
- twinkling
- visual signal
- wink
- winkle
Words related to "speed"
- Benzedrine
- Dexedrine
- Methedrine
- accelerate
- acceleration
- airspeed
- alter
- amphetamine
- amphetamine sulfate
- amphetamine sulphate
- angular velocity
- barge
- belt along
- bennie
- brisk
- brisk up
- brisken
- buck
- bucket along
- bustle
- bustle about
- c
- cannonball along
- chalk
- change
- charge
- chicken feed
- crank
- dart
- dash
- deceleration
- deepen
- deoxyephedrine
- dextroamphetamine sulphate
- drug of abuse
- escape velocity
- excitant
- execution speed
- f number
- fast
- fastness
- flash
- fleet
- flit
- flutter
- focal ratio
- glass
- go
- graduality
- gradualness
- groundspeed
- haste
- hasten
- hastiness
- hie
- hotfoot
- hurriedness
- hurry
- hurrying
- hustle
- hypervelocity
- ice
- intensify
- light speed
- locomote
- meth
- methamphetamine
- methamphetamine hydrochloride
- modify
- motion
- move
- movement
- muzzle velocity
- pace
- peculiar velocity
- pelt along
- pep pill
- precipitation
- push forward
- quicken
- quickening
- race
- radial velocity
- rate
- ratio
- relative speed
- relative velocity
- run
- rush
- rush along
- scoot
- scud
- scudding
- shabu
- shoot
- shoot down
- slow
- speed of light
- speed up
- speeder
- speeding
- speedup
- speedy
- stampede
- steerageway
- step on it
- stimulant
- stimulant drug
- stop number
- street drug
- swiftness
- tear
- terminal velocity
- thrust ahead
- trash
- travel
- travel rapidly
- upper
- velocity
- whizz
- whizz along
- zip
- zoom
- zoom along
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