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Whipping vs Wiping - What's the difference?

whipping | wiping |

As nouns the difference between whipping and wiping

is that whipping is the punishment of being whipped while wiping is the act by which something is wiped.

As verbs the difference between whipping and wiping

is that whipping is present participle of lang=en while wiping is present participle of lang=en.

whipping

English

Noun

  • (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).

    • Verb

    (head)

    • wiping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is wiped.
    • multiple wipings of a computer's hard disk
  • Material wiped off something.
    • analysis of wipings taken from a suspect's hands