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Pummel vs Beaten - What's the difference?

pummel | beaten |

As verbs the difference between pummel and beaten

is that pummel is to hit or strike heavily and repeatedly while beaten is .

As an adjective beaten is

defeated.

pummel

English

Verb

  • To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly.
    • Rain pummeled the roof.
    The boxer pummeled his opponent.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 3 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992) citation , page= , passage=The best of friends become the worst of enemies when Barney makes a hilarious attack ad where he viciously pummels a cardboard cut-out of Homer before special guest star Linda Ronstadt joins the fun to both continue the attack on the helpless Homer stand-in and croon a slanderously accurate, insanely catchy jingle about how “Mr. Plow is a loser/And I think he is a boozer.”}}

    beaten

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • defeated
  • repeatedly struck
  • (cookery)(cookery - of a liquid) mixed by paddling with a wooden spoon or other implement

    • Derived terms

    * off the beaten path * off the beaten track * beaten up

    Verb

    (head)
    • English adjectives ending in -en English irregular past participles