acceleration vs hastening

acceleration

noun
  • The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity). 

  • The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum. 

  • The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration. 

  • The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction). 

hastening

noun
  • The act of speeding up; a growing faster. 

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