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Flogging vs Scourging - What's the difference?

flogging | scourging |

As nouns the difference between flogging and scourging

is that flogging is infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping while scourging is a beating with a scourge; a flogging.

As verbs the difference between flogging and scourging

is that flogging is present participle of lang=en while scourging is present participle of lang=en.

flogging

English

(wikipedia flogging)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.
    • What lawbreakers like that need is a good flogging . Do that and watch the crime rate plummet.

    Verb

    (head)

    • scourging

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A beating with a scourge; a flogging.

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