dispatch vs slow

dispatch

verb
  • To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform. 

  • To send (a shipment) with promptness. 

  • To send (a person) away hastily. 

  • To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to). 

  • To rid; to free. 

  • To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently. 

  • To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer. 

  • To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report. 

noun
  • A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field. 

  • A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc. 

  • The act of doing something quickly. 

  • The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table. 

slow

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

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

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

adj
  • 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. 

  • 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. 

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

adv
  • Slowly. 

noun
  • A slow song. 

  • Someone who is slow; a sluggard. 

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