Thwack vs Defeat - What's the difference?
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The act of thwacking; a strike or blow, especially with a flat implement.
A heavy slapping sound.
To whack or hit with a flat implement.
* Washington Irving
To beat.
To fill to overflow.
To overcome in battle or contest.
To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
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* A. W. Ward
To nullify
* Hallam
The act of defeating or being defeated.
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Thwack is a related term of defeat.
As nouns the difference between thwack and defeat
is that thwack is the act of thwacking; a strike or blow, especially with a flat implement while defeat is the act of defeating or being defeated.As verbs the difference between thwack and defeat
is that thwack is to whack or hit with a flat implement while defeat is to overcome in battle or contest.thwack
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- a distant thwacking sound
- (Stanyhurst)
defeat
English
Verb
(en verb)- Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
- He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes.
- In one instance he defeated his own purpose.
- The escheators defeated the right heir of his succession.
Synonyms
(To overcome in contest) * beat * conquer * overthrow * rout * vanquishNoun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Two defeats in five games coming into this contest, and a draw with Everton, ultimately cost Sir Alex Ferguson's side in what became the most extraordinary finale to the league championship since Arsenal beat Liverpool at Anfield in 1989.}}