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What is the difference between whip and switch?

whip | switch |

In transitive terms the difference between whip and switch

is that whip is to move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc while switch is to whip or hit with a switch.

In intransitive terms the difference between whip and switch

is that whip is to move very fast while switch is to change places, tasks, etc.

As an adjective switch is

riding with their opposite foot forward from their natural position.

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.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Composed play then saw Sam Ricketts nutmeg Ashley Cole before Taylor whipped a fine curling effort over Petr Cech's bar.}}
  • 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 :

    switch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A device to turn electric current on]] and [[turn off, off or direct its flow.
  • A change.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 19 , author=Jonathan Stevenson , title=Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Wenger sent on Cesc Fabregas and Van Persie to try to finish Leeds off and with 14 minutes left the switch paid off as the Spaniard sent Bendtner away down the right and his wonderful curling cross was headed in by Van Persie at the far post. }}
  • (rail transport, US) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; point.
  • A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.
  • * 2007 , Jeffrey W. Hamilton, Raising Godly Children in a Wicked World , Lulu.com, page 15:
    • "A proper switch is a slim, flexible branch off a tree or a bush. A switch applied to the buttocks stings fiercely. It may leave red marks or bruises, but it causes no lasting damage. ."
  • (computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
    • Use the /b switch to specify black-and-white printing.
  • (computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
  • * 2004', "Curt", ''Can I use IF statements, and still use '''switches ?'' (on newsgroup ''microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields )
  • (computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.
  • (telecommunication) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.
  • (BDSM) One who is willing to take either a sadistic or a masochistic role.
  • * 2012 , Terri-Jean Bedford, Bondage Bungalow Fantasies (page 99)
    • Ideally, if one of your ladies happens to be a switch (or would be willing to switch for this scene), I would love to be able to inflict a little "revenge tickling" as well, as part of a scenario.
  • A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly worn on the head by women.

    • Synonyms

    * (section of railroad track) (UK ) points * (whip) crop * (command-line notation) flag, option, specifier

    Derived terms

    * asleep at the switch * dipswitch * light switch * railway switch * switchback * switchblade * switchboard * switcheroo * switchout

    Verb

    (es)
  • To exchange.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838
    • , page=13 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) , title= Ideas coming down the track , passage=A “moving platform” scheme
  • To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
  • To whip or hit with a switch.
  • * 1899 , (Joseph Conrad),
    • They were looking on the ground, absorbed in thought. The manager was switching his leg with a slender twig: his sagacious relative lifted his head.
  • To change places, tasks, etc.
  • (slang) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
  • To swing or whisk.
    • to switch a cane
  • To be swung or whisked.
    • The angry cat's tail switched back and forth.
  • To trim.
    • to switch a hedge
    (Halliwell)
  • To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off'', ''from , etc.
    • to switch''' off a train; to '''switch a car from one track to another
  • (ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (snowboarding) riding with their opposite foot forward from their natural position. BBC Sport, "Sochi 2014: A jargon-busting guide to the halfpipe", 11 February 2014

    • Coordinate terms

    (snowboarding) * goofy * regular

    See also

    * switch off * switch on

    References

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