speed vs light speed
light speed vs speedspeed and light speed both are nouns.
speed is a verb but light speed is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| speed | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| light speed | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
light speed is a hyponym of
speed; that is, light speed is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
speed:
- speed: distance travelled per unit time
- light speed: the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second
Other hyponyms of speed include
angular velocity, airspeed, escape velocity, groundspeed, hypervelocity, muzzle velocity, peculiar velocity, radial velocity, c, speed of light, steerageway, terminal velocity, relative speed, relative velocity.
| speed (noun) | light speed (noun) |
|---|---|
| changing location rapidly | the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second |
| a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression | |
| a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens | |
| the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system | |
| distance travelled per unit time |
| speed (verb) | light speed (verb) |
|---|---|
| move faster | |
| cause to move faster | |
| move very fast | |
| travel at an excessive or illegal velocity | |
| move hurridly |
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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