Scramble vs Coast - What's the difference?

Scramble is a related term of coast.

In lang=en terms the difference between scramble and coast

is that scramble is to gather or collect by scrambling while coast is to glide along without adding energy.

As verbs the difference between scramble and coast

is that scramble is to move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface while coast is to glide along without adding energy.

As nouns the difference between scramble and coast

is that scramble is a rush or hurry while coast is (obsolete) the side or edge of something.

As an interjection scramble

is (uk) shouted when something desirable is thrown into a group of people who individually want that item.

scramble

English

Interjection

scramble!

(UK) shouted when something desirable is thrown into a group of people who individually want that item.

Verb

(scrambl)

To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.

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* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 3

When I saw the coffin I knew that I was respited, for, as I judged, there was space between it and the wall behind enough to contain my little carcass; and in a second I had put out the candle, scrambled up the shelves, half-stunned my senses with dashing my head against the roof, and squeezed my body betwixt wall and coffin.

To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner.

(transitive, of food ingredients, usually, including egg) To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass.

I scrambled some eggs with spinach and cheese.

To process (telecommunication signals) to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener.

(military) To quickly enter (vehicles, usually aircraft) and proceed to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy.

(sports) To partake in motocross.

To ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity.

To gather or collect by scrambling.

to scramble up wealth

(Marlowe)

To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.

* Milton

Of other care they little reckoning make, / Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast.

Derived terms

* scrambled eggs

Noun

(en noun)

A rush or hurry

(military) An emergency defensive air force mission to intercept attacking enemy aircraft.

A motocross race

Any frantic period of activity.

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Antonyms

* sortie

Anagrams

* English ergative verbs

coast

English

(wikipedia coast)

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) The side or edge of something.

(Sir Isaac Newton)

The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake.

The rocky coast of Maine has few beaches.

(obsolete) A region of land; a district or country.

* 1526 , Bible , tr. William Tyndale, Matthew 2:

Then Herod perceavynge that he was moocked off the wyse men, was excedynge wroth, and sent forth and slue all the chyldren that were in bethleem, and in all the costes thereof […].

*, II.ii.3:

P. Crescentius, in his lib.'' 1 ''de agric. cap. 5, is very copious in this subject, how a house should be wholesomely sited, in a good coast , good air, wind, etc.

(obsolete) A region of the air or heavens.

* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.iii:

the learned Merlin, well could tell, / Vnder what coast of heauen the man did dwell […].

Hypernyms

* shore, shoreline

Hyponyms

* oceanfront, seashore

Derived terms

* coast fox * coast guard, coastguard * coast rat * coast-to-coast * coastal * coaster * coastland * coastline * coastward * coastwatcher * coastwise

Verb

(en verb)

To glide along without adding energy.

When I ran out of gas, fortunately I managed to coast into a nearby gas station.

(nautical) To sail along a coast.

* Arbuthnot

The ancients coasted only in their navigation.

Applied to human behavior, to make a minimal effort, to continue to do something in a routine way. This implies lack of initiative and effort.

* November 2 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk

Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could be accurately described as certainties.

(obsolete) To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.

* Shakespeare

Anon she hears them chant it lustily, / And all in haste she coasteth to the cry.

(Hakluyt)

(obsolete) To sail by or near; to follow the coastline of.

* Sir Thomas Browne

Nearchus, not knowing the compass, was fain to coast that shore.

(obsolete) To conduct along a coast or river bank.

* Hakluyt

The Indians coasted me along the river.

(US, dialect) To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice.

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