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Caned vs Spanked - What's the difference?

caned | spanked |

As verbs the difference between caned and spanked

is that caned is (cane) while spanked is (spank).

As an adjective caned

is (uk|dialect) filled with white flakes; mothery; said of vinegar when containing mother.

caned

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)
  • (cane)

    • Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) (lena) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (UK, dialect) Filled with white flakes; mothery; said of vinegar when containing mother.
    • (Halliwell)
    (Webster 1913)

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    spanked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (spank)

    • spank

    English

    (spanking)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, gesture, or form of sexual interaction.
  • To soundly defeat, to trounce.
  • To move rapidly.
    • The ship was really spanking along.

    Derived terms

    * spankable * spankee * spanker * spanking * unspanked

    See also

    * over the knee

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating; a smack, swat, or slap.
  • A slapping sound, as produced by spanking.

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    * English transitive verbs