acele vs tez
Turkish word comparison
Listen to acele
Listen to tez
| acele | tez |
|---|---|
a-CE-le noun | tehz noun |
| haste; urgency; doing something too quickly | quick; prompt; done without delay |
How they differ
Acele centers on haste and impatience, sometimes implying that someone is moving too fast. Tez emphasizes speed or promptness itself, without necessarily suggesting anxiety or carelessness.
When to use each
When to use acele: Use acele when the focus is on hurrying or acting in too much of a rush.
When to use tez: Use tez when you mean something is done quickly or promptly, especially as a quality or result.
Side-by-side examples
- Acele karar vermek bazen hata yaptırır.
(Making decisions in a hurry can sometimes lead to mistakes.) - Tez davranıp sorunu çözdü.
(He acted quickly and solved the problem.)
Register & nuance: Tez is literary and relatively old-fashioned; it is less common in everyday speech than acele.