What is the difference between rod and whip?

As nouns the difference between rod and whip

is that rod is a straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff while whip is a lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.

As verbs the difference between rod and whip

is that rod is {{cx|slang|vulgar|transitive|lang=en}} To penetrate sexually while whip is to hit with a whip.

As a proper noun Rod

is a nickname for the male given names Rodney and Roderick.

rod

English

Noun

(en noun)

A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.

:The circus strong man proved his strength by bending an iron rod , and then straightening it.

(fishing) A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.

:When I hooked a snake and not a fish, I got so scared I dropped my rod in the water.

A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.

*, II.8:

*:So was I brought up: they tell mee, that in all my youth, I never felt rod but twice, and that very lightly.

An implement resembling and/or supplanting a rod (particularly a cane) that is used for corporal punishment, and metonymically called the rod , regardless of its actual shape and composition.

:The judge imposed on the thief a sentence of fifteen strokes with the rod .

A stick used to measure distance, by using its established length or task-specific temporary marks along its length, or by dint of specific graduated marks.

:I notched a rod and used it to measure the length of rope to cut.

(senseid)(archaic) A unit of length equal to 1 pole, a perch, ¼ chain, 5½ yards, 16½ feet, or exactly 5.0292 meters (these being all equivalent).

*1842 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ‘The Mystery of Marie Rogêt’:

*:‘And this thicket, so full of a natural art, was in the immediate vicinity, within a few rods , of the dwelling of Madame Deluc, whose boys were in the habit of closely examining the shrubberies about them in search of the bark of the sassafras.’

*1865 , , '' Cape Cod

*:In one of the villages I saw the next summer a cow tethered by a rope six rods long.

*1900 , , (The House Behind the Cedars) , Ch.I:

*:A few rods farther led him past the old black Presbyterian church, with its square tower, embowered in a stately grove; past the Catholic church, with its many crosses, and a painted wooden figure of St. James in a recess beneath the gable; and past the old Jefferson House, once the leading hotel of the town, in front of which political meetings had been held, and political speeches made, and political hard cider drunk, in the days of "Tippecanoe and Tyler too."

An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5½ yards.

(archaic) A unit of area equal to a square rod, 30¼ square yards or 1/160 acre.

:The house had a small yard of about six rods in size.

A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a drive-shaft.

:The engine threw a rod , and then went to pieces before our eyes, springs and coils shooting in all directions.

(anatomy) Short for rod cell, a rod-shaped cell in the eye that is sensitive to light.

:The rods are more sensitive than the cones, but do not discern color.

(biology) Any of a number of long, slender microorganisms.

:He applied a gram positive stain, looking for rods indicative of ''Listeria''.

(chemistry) A stirring rod : a glass rod, typically about 6 inches to 1 foot long and 1/8 to 1/4 inch in diameter that can be used to stir liquids in flasks or beakers.

(slang) A pistol; a gun.

(slang) A penis.

(slang) A hot rod, an automobile or other passenger motor vehicle modified to run faster and often with exterior cosmetic alterations, especially one based originally on a pre-1940s model or (currently) denoting any older vehicle thus modified.

(ufology) rod-shaped objects which appear in photographs and videos traveling at high speed, not seen by the person recording the event, often associated with extraterrestrial entities.

*2000 , Jack Barranger, Paul Tice, Mysteries Explored: The Search for Human Origins, Ufos, and Religious Beginnings , Book Three, p.37:

*:These cylindrical rods fly through the air at incredible speeds and can only be picked up by high-speed cameras.

*2009 , Barry Conrad, An Unknown Encounter: A True Account of the San Pedro Haunting , Dorrance Publishing, pp.129–130:

*:During one such broadcast in 1997, the esteemed radio host bellowed, “I got a fax earlier today from MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) in Arizona and they said what you think are rods are actually insects!”

*2010 , Deena West Budd, The Weiser Field Guide to Cryptozoology: Werewolves, Dragons, Skyfish, Lizard Men, and Other Fascinating Creatures Real and Mysterious , Weiser Books, p.15:

*:He tells of a home video showing a rod flying into the open mouth of a girl singing at a wedding.

(mathematics) A (w).

Synonyms

* See also * See also * (objects in photographs and videos) skyfish

Derived terms

* divining rod * rodbuster * rod for one's back * rodman * rod-shaped * Lightning rod Lightning conductor or rod in OSM *

References

Anagrams

* (l), * (l) * (l) * (l)

Verb

To penetrate sexually.

* 1968 , David Lynn, Bull nuts

On impulse he moved around to the opposite side of the couple, in the direction which Grace's broad buttocks were pointed, for a full view of the big boned woman's back side. Now Grace wouldn't mind one iota if he rodded her from the rear.

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whip

English

Noun

(en noun)

A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals

# Same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.

(hunting) A whipper-in.

* 1928 , (Siegfried Sassoon), Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man , Penguin 2013, p. 27:

From the far side of the wood came the long shrill screech […] which signifies that one of the whips has viewed the fox quitting the covert.

(politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.

Whipped cream.

(nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.

(African American Vernacular English) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.

(roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.

Synonyms

* (last for directing animals) crop (especially for horses), dressage whip (especially for horses), driving whip (especially for horses), jumping bat (especially for horses), flail, knout, lash, quirt, scourge, sjambok (South African), thong * (lash for corporal punishment) cat (nautical), flail, knout, lash, quirt, scourge, sjambok (South African), thong * (political party enforcer) party whip

Derived terms

* bullock-whip * bullwhip * buggy whip * coachwhip * dogwhip * drafting whip * horsewhip * longe whip * party whip * signal whip, signalwhip * snake whip, snakewhip * stockwhip * whipcracking * whip snake * yard whip

Verb

(whipp)

To hit with a whip.

The rider whipped the horse.

By extension, to hit with any flexible object.

I whipped her with a newspaper.

(slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.

* 2008 , Edward Keating, The Joy of Ex: A Novel

She whips me in the first game of pool, I do not even get a shot. Eight-balled from the break.

To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.

to whip eggs or cream

To urge into action.

He whipped the department into shape.

(nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.

* Moxon

Its string is firmly whipped about with small gut.

(nautical) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.

To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.

to whip a ruffle

* John Gay

In half-whipped muslin needles useless lie.

To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.

* He whipped the ball at me.

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To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.

* Emerson

whipping their rough surface for a trout

To snap back and forth like a whip.

* The pennants whipped in the wind.

To move very fast.

* The wind whipped through the valley.

* L'Estrange

Two friends, travelling, met a bear upon the way; the one whips up a tree, and the other throws himself flat upon the ground.

* 1886 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde)

He looked up when I came in, gave a kind of cry, and whipped upstairs into the cabinet. It was but for one minute that I saw him, but the hair stood upon my head like quills.

To move (something) very fast; often with up'', ''out , etc.

* L'Estrange

She, in a hurry, whips up her darling under her arm.

* Walpole

He whips out his pocketbook every moment, and writes descriptions of everything he sees.

(roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another.

(figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.

* Shakespeare

They would whip me with their fine wits.

To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.

to whip wheat

Synonyms

* flail * flog * knout * lash * quirt * scourge * thrash * thresh

Derived terms

* whip in * whip off * whipped vote * whipper * whip up

References

* Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson: 1828. A dictionary of the English language 2nd edition. Publisher: William Pickering, 1828. 831 pages. Page 818. Google Public Domain Books :