Beating vs Ponding - What's the difference?
beating | ponding |
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
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
the pulsation of the heart
(construction, geology) The excessive accumulation of water at low-lying areas that remains after 48 hours after the end of rainfall under conditions conducive to drying.
As nouns the difference between beating and ponding
is that beating is action of the verb to beatponding is the excessive accumulation of water at low-lying areas that remains after 48 hours after the end of rainfall under conditions conducive to drying.As verbs the difference between beating and ponding
is that beating is present participle of lang=en while ponding is present participle of lang=en.beating
English
Noun
(en noun)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.}}
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 .}}
