Beet vs Beep - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between beet and beep

is that beet is bed (for plants) while beep is the sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.

to sound (something that makes a beep).

(singulare tantum, sometimes, definite) Beta vulgaris , a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.

The beet is a hardy species.

(countable) An individual plant (organism) of that species.

They sell beets by the pound in the supermarket. All I want is the roots. Can I cut off the roots and buy them alone?

(countable) A swollen root of such a plant.

* beetroot * beeturia * lettucebeet * mangel beet * red beet * silverbeet * sugar beet, sugarbeet

(en noun)

The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.

A short, electronically produced tone.

* (electronically produced ): bleep

(en verb)

To sound (something that makes a beep).

The motorists in the traffic jam were getting more and more frustrated and started beeping their horns.

To have sexual intercourse (with) - referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts

''Jason beeped Sharlene after they had drunk a few beers.

To produce a beep.

Telephoning a person, but only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.

''Susan beeped Jessica, and then Jessica called her back, because Susan didn't have enough credit on her phone to make the call.

* (sound (a car horn) ): honk, hoot, sound, toot * to have intercourse with, have sex with, fuck * (telephoning ): flash