Pummel vs Beating - What's the difference?
pummel | beating |
To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly.
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action of the verb to beat
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a heavy defeat or setback
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the pulsation of the heart
As verbs the difference between pummel and beating
is that pummel is to hit or strike heavily and repeatedly while beating is .As a noun beating is
action of the verb to beat .pummel
English
Verb
- Rain pummeled the roof.
- The boxer pummeled his opponent.
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beating
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Every break seemed dangerous and Falcao clearly had the beating of Amorebieta. Others, being forced to stretch a foot behind them to control Arda Turan's 34th-minute cross, might simply have lashed a shot on the turn; Falcao, though, twisted back on to his left foot, leaving Amorebieta in a heap, and thumped in an inevitable finish – his 12th goal in 15 European matches this season.}}
citation, page= , passage=To increase United's pain, this was their first home defeat in any competition since April 2010, when they lost to Chelsea - but even that defeat, which effectively cost them the title, may not turn out to have the same long-term significance as this heavy beating .}}
