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Flatulence vs Flagellation - What's the difference?

flatulence | flagellation |

As nouns the difference between flatulence and flagellation

is that flatulence is the state of having gas, often malodorous, trapped (and often released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart while flagellation is a beating consisting in lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as (in principle implement-precise) a whipping or scourging.

flatulence

English

(wikipedia flatulence)

Noun

(-)
  • The state of having gas, often malodorous, trapped (and often released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.
  • The release of such gas, farting.

    • Coordinate terms

    * queef

    Usage notes

    A formal Latinate term, used in medical and scientific discourse, but also euphemistically to avoid crude terms such as fart. Compare excrement.

    Related terms

    * See also * afflatus

    flagellation

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) flagellation, from (etyl) flagellatio, from flagellare, from flagellum, diminutive of

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A beating consisting in lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as (in principle implement-precise) a whipping or scourging.
    • Related terms
    * flagellant, flagellantism * flogging

    Etymology 2

    From flagellum, 'elongated filiform appendage', itself a diminutive of (etyl) flagrum 'whip', so closely related to etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) The formation by plants of flagella, or their arrangement.

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