Beating vs Whupping - What's the difference?
beating | whupping |
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
As nouns the difference between beating and whupping
is that beating is action of the verb to beat while whupping is a beating.As verbs the difference between beating and whupping
is that beating is while whupping is .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 .}}