express vs slow

express

adj
  • Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops. 

  • Truly depicted; exactly resembling. 

  • Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied. 

  • Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type. 

noun
  • An express office. 

  • That which is sent by an express messenger or message. 

  • A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly. 

  • A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another. 

  • An express rifle. 

  • A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier. 

adv
  • Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops. 

verb
  • To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA. 

  • To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit. 

  • To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk). 

  • To translate messenger RNA into protein. 

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. 

noun
  • A slow song. 

  • Someone who is slow; a sluggard. 

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. 

adv
  • Slowly. 

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