ichidan verb, transitive verb
bring forward; advance; hasten; expedite
Used for moving a schedule, event, or outcome to an earlier time, or for making something happen sooner. Often temporal; can also refer to hastening an undesirable result like death.
会議の開始時間を30分早めましょう。
Let's bring the meeting start time forward by 30 minutes.
過労が彼の死を早めたと言われている。
It is said that overwork hastened his death.
ichidan verb, transitive verb
Focuses on increasing the rate or pace of an action or process. Commonly used with 歩調, ペース, テンポ, etc.
彼は歩調を速めて駅へ向かった。
He quickened his pace and headed to the station.
作業のペースを速める必要がある。
We need to speed up the pace of work.