acute vs slow

acute

adj
  • Brief, quick, short. 

  • Of a triangle: having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees. 

  • Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others. 

  • Intense, sensitive, sharp. 

  • Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity. 

  • Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage. 

  • Urgent. 

  • After a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent. 

  • With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base). 

  • High or shrill. 

  • Of an angle: less than 90 degrees. 

verb
  • To give an acute sound to. 

noun
  • An acute accent (´). 

  • A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia. 

  • An accent or tone higher than others. 

slow

adj
  • Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed. 

  • Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time. 

  • Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness. 

  • Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time. 

  • Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend. 

  • Not busy; lacking activity. 

  • Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution. 

adv
  • Slowly. 

verb
  • To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of. 

  • To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate. 

  • To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of. 

noun
  • A slow song. 

  • Someone who is slow; a sluggard. 

How often have the words acute and slow occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )