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The verbs 急ぐ{いそぐ} and 急かす{せかす} both seem to mean _to hurry_. Is there any
difference between them?

Also, Jisho.org says that 急ぐ can be both intransitive and transitive, but
doesn't mention the transitivitiy of 急かす at all, which I find particularly
weird (for all other verbs I've seen on Jisho, their transitivity was always
mentioned). Is 急かす transitive or intransitive (or both)?
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What is the difference between 急ぐ{いそぐ} and 急かす{せかす}?
According to Weblio, 急かす is a transitive verb, with 急く being the intransitive
form. As far as the difference in meaning, there doesn't seem to be any,
though I would venture to guess that 急ぐ is the more common usage.
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急かす【せかす】 is transitive, and usually takes a person as an object.

>   * 彼を急かした。 I hurried him. / I made him hurry.
>   * そんなに(俺を)急かすなよ。 Don't rush me so much.
>

急ぐ【いそぐ】 is usually intransitive, but it also sometimes takes [を as a location
marker](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/3243/5010). 急ぐ also has a
transitive usage, and when 急ぐ is transitive, it takes an inanimate object.

>   * 私は今、急いでいます。 I'm in a hurry now.
>   * この道を急ぎましょう。 Let's hurry in this way.
>   * プロジェクトの完成を急ごう。 Let's hurry to complete the project.
>

Etymologically, I believe 急かす【せかす】 is one of the causative forms of 急く【せく】,
which is another rare intransitive verb meaning _to hurry_. It's the same as
the "shortened causative form" explained
[here](http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/causepass), but 急かす is far
more common in 急く today. 急く is found almost only in [this
proverb](http://jisho.org/word/%E6%80%A5%E3%81%84%E3%81%A6%E3%81%AF%E4%BA%8B%E3%82%92%E4%BB%95%E6%90%8D%E3%81%9A%E3%82%8B).
I think you can regard 急かす as a separate (transitive) verb.
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