Brisk vs Fresh - What's the Difference?

Brisk

Fresh

Definitions

Definition as Verb
  • become brisk
Definition as Verb
Definition as Adjective
  • very active
  • quick and energetic
  • imparting vitality and energy
Definition as Adjective
  • recently made, produced, or harvested
  • (of a cycle) beginning or occurring again
  • not canned or otherwise preserved
  • having recently calved and therefore able to give milk
  • imparting vitality and energy
  • free from impurities
  • improperly forward or bold
  • with restored energy
  • original and of a kind not seen before
  • not containing or composed of salt water
  • not soured or preserved
  • not yet used or soiled
Definition as Adverb
Definition as Adverb
  • very recently

Examples

  • "doing a brisk business"
  • "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"
  • "the bracing mountain air"
  • "business brisked up"
  • "fresh bread"; "a fresh scent"; "fresh lettuce"
  • "a fresh start"; "fresh ideas"
  • "fresh vegetables"
  • "the cow is fresh"
  • "the bracing mountain air"
  • "clean water"; "fresh air"
  • "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"
  • "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"
  • "fresh water"
  • "sweet milk"
  • "a fresh shirt"; "a fresh sheet of paper"; "an unused envelope"
  • "they are newly married"; "newly raised objections"; "a newly arranged hairdo"; "grass new washed by the rain"; "a freshly cleaned floor"; "we are fresh out of tomatoes"

Parts of Speech

Adjective, Verb
Adjective, Adverb