hurry vs slow

hurry

verb
  • To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on. 

  • Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something. 

  • To cause to be done quickly. 

  • To do things quickly. 

  • To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity. 

  • To put: to convey coal in the mine, e.g. from the working to the tramway. 

noun
  • Rushed action. 

  • Urgency. 

  • an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play. 

  • A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation. 

slow

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

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

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

noun
  • A slow song. 

  • Someone who is slow; a sluggard. 

adv
  • Slowly. 

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. 

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