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Bating vs Beating - What's the difference?

bating | beating |

As verbs the difference between bating and beating

is that bating is while beating is .

As a preposition bating

is apart from; except.

As a noun beating is

action of the verb to beat .

bating

English

Verb

(head)

    • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Apart from; except.
  • * 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , XIII:
  • *:‘There is but little I have heard from you which I did not expect to hear, and which I ought not to have expected; because, bating one circumstance, it is all very true.’

    • beating

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • action of the verb to beat
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 9 , author=Jonathan Wilson , title=Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Every break seemed dangerous and Falcao clearly had the beating of Amorebieta. Others, being forced to stretch a foot behind them to control Arda Turan's 34th-minute cross, might simply have lashed a shot on the turn; Falcao, though, twisted back on to his left foot, leaving Amorebieta in a heap, and thumped in an inevitable finish – his 12th goal in 15 European matches this season.}}
  • a heavy defeat or setback
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 23 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=To increase United's pain, this was their first home defeat in any competition since April 2010, when they lost to Chelsea - but even that defeat, which effectively cost them the title, may not turn out to have the same long-term significance as this heavy beating .}}
  • the pulsation of the heart

    • Verb

    (head)

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