Fast vs. Red — What's the Difference?

Acting, moving, or capable of acting or moving quickly; swift.

Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres.

Accomplished in relatively little time

The hue of the long-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 630 to 750 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation and whose hue resembles that of blood; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.

Acquired quickly with little effort and sometimes unscrupulously

A pigment or dye having a red hue.

Quick to understand or learn; mentally agile

Something that has a red hue.

Indicating a time somewhat ahead of the actual time

Often Red A Communist.

Allowing rapid movement or action

A revolutionary activist.

Designed for or compatible with a short exposure time

The condition of being in debt or operating at a loss

Disposed to dissipation; wild

Having a color resembling that of blood.

Flouting conventional moral standards; sexually promiscuous.

Reddish in color or having parts that are reddish in color

Resistant, as to destruction or fading

Having a reddish or coppery skin color.

Firmly fixed or fastened

Often Red Often Offensive Of or being a Native American.

Fixed firmly in place; secure

Having a ruddy or flushed complexion

Lasting; permanent

Relating to or being a red state.

Deep; sound

Often Red Communist.

In a secure manner; tightly

Having red#Noun as its color.

To a sound degree; deeply

(of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.

In a rapid manner; quickly.

(of the skin) With a red hue due to embarrassment or sunburn.

In quick succession

Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare of the spades or clubs suits

Ahead of the correct or expected time

Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red:

In a dissipated, immoderate way

Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

(Archaic) Close by; near.

(US politics) The U.S. Republican Party.

To abstain from food.

Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations

To eat very little or abstain from certain foods, especially as a religious discipline.

(astronomy) Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.

The act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food.

(particle physics) Having a color charge of red.

A period of such abstention or self-denial.

Any of a range of colours having the longest wavelengths, 670 nm, of the visible spectrum; a primary additive colour for transmitted light: the colour obtained by subtracting green and blue from white light using magenta and yellow filters; the colour of blood, ripe strawberries, etc.

(dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.

(countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; usually capitalized a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.

Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.

One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.

(of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend(s).)

Red wine.

Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid.

(countable) Any of several varieties of ale which are brewed with red or kilned malt, giving the beer a red colour.

Having a kinetic energy between 1 million and 20 million electron volts; often used to describe the energy state of free neutrons at the moment of their release by a nuclear fission or nuclear fusion reaction (i.e., before the neutrons have been slowed down by anything).

A red kangaroo.

Of a place, characterised by business, hustle and bustle, etc.

A redshank.

Causing unusual rapidity of play or action.

An American Indian.

Able to transfer data in a short period of time.

(slang) The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.

Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people).

(informal) A red light a traffic signal

(of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent.

(particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.

(obsolete) Tenacious; retentive.

Usually in the phrase "bowl of red".

(dated) Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.

(informal) The redfish or red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, a fish with reddish fins and scales.

Ahead of the correct time or schedule.

Tomato ketchup.

(of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average.

(archaic) rede

In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound .

To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; - generally with up; as, to red up a house.

(of sleeping) Deeply or soundly .

Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part.

Immediately following in place or time; close, very near .

The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these.

Quickly, with great speed; within a short time .

A red pigment.

Ahead of the correct time or schedule.

The menses.

A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations

The quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

The act or practice of fasting, religious abstinence from food

A tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana

One of the fasting periods in the liturgical year

Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

(archery) Short for "stand fast", a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target

The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue;

(intransitive) To practice religious abstinence, especially from food.

Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

To reduce or limit one's nutrition intake for medical or health reasons, to diet.

Characterized by violence or bloodshed;

To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion;

To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence.

Red with or characterized by blood;

Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment.

Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.

A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual fast.

That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; - called, according to its position, a bow, head, quarter, breast, or stern fast; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring.

Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door.

Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.

Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.

Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.

Tenacious; retentive.

Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.

Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse.

Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver.

In such a condition, as to resilience, etc., as to make possible unusual rapidity of play or action; as, a fast racket, or tennis court; a fast track; a fast billiard table, etc.

In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably.

In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast.

Abstaining from food

Abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons;

Abstain from eating;

Acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly;

(used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time;

At a rapid tempo;

(of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds;

Firmly fastened or secured against opening;

Resistant to destruction or fading;

Unrestrained by convention or morality;

Hurried and brief;

Securely fixed in place;

Unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause;

Quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form);

Firmly or tightly;