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Beaten vs Pummeled - What's the difference?

beaten | pummeled |

As verbs the difference between beaten and pummeled

is that beaten is past participle of lang=en while pummeled is past tense of pummel.

As an adjective beaten

is defeated.

beaten

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • defeated
  • repeatedly struck
  • (cookery)(cookery - of a liquid) mixed by paddling with a wooden spoon or other implement

    • Derived terms

    * off the beaten path * off the beaten track * beaten up

    Verb

    (head)
    • English adjectives ending in -en English irregular past participles

    pummeled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pummel)
    • His opponent was smaller but faster, and he got pummeled .

    pummel

    English

    Verb

  • To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly.
    • Rain pummeled the roof.
    The boxer pummeled his opponent.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 3 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992) citation , page= , passage=The best of friends become the worst of enemies when Barney makes a hilarious attack ad where he viciously pummels a cardboard cut-out of Homer before special guest star Linda Ronstadt joins the fun to both continue the attack on the helpless Homer stand-in and croon a slanderously accurate, insanely catchy jingle about how “Mr. Plow is a loser/And I think he is a boozer.”}}