Whipping vs Beating - What's the difference?
whipping | beating |
(countable) The punishment of being whipped.
(countable) A heavy defeat; a thrashing.
(uncountable) A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream etc.
(countable) A cord or thread used to lash or bind something.
(nautical, whipping) The lashing of the end of a rope. (FM 55-501).
action of the verb to beat
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=May 9
, author=Jonathan Wilson
, title=Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao
, work=the Guardian
a heavy defeat or setback
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 23
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City
, work=BBC Sport
the pulsation of the heart
As nouns the difference between whipping and beating
is that whipping is (countable) the punishment of being whipped while beating is action of the verb to beat .As verbs the difference between whipping and beating
is that whipping is while beating is .whipping
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(head)beating
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(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 .}}