Beat vs. Track — What's the Difference?

To strike repeatedly.

A mark or succession of marks left by something that has passed.

To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse; batter.

A path, route, or course indicated by such marks

To punish by hitting or whipping; flog.

A path along which something moves; a course

To strike against repeatedly and with force; pound

A course of action; a method of proceeding

To flap (wings, for example).

An intended or proper course

To strike so as to produce music or a signal

A succession of ideas; a train of thought.

(Music) To mark or count (time or rhythm), especially with the hands or with a baton.

Awareness of something occurring or passing

To shape or break by repeated blows; forge

A course laid out for running or racing.

To make by pounding or trampling

Athletic competition on such a course; track events.

To mix rapidly with a utensil

Track and field.

To defeat or subdue, as in a contest.

A rail or set of parallel rails upon which railroad cars or other vehicles run.

To force to withdraw or retreat

Tracks The boundary, formerly often delineated by train tracks, that separates two neighborhoods of different social class

To dislodge from a position

Either of the continuous metal belts with which vehicles such as bulldozers and tanks move over the ground.

(Informal) To be superior to or better than

A metal groove or ridge that holds, guides, and reduces friction for a moving device or apparatus.

(Slang) To perplex or baffle

Any of several courses of study to which students are assigned according to ability, achievement, or needs

To avoid or counter the effects of, often by thinking ahead; circumvent

A distinct path, as along a length of film or magnetic tape, on which sound, images, or other information is recorded.

To arrive or finish before (another)

A distinct selection from an audio or video recording, usually containing an individual work or part of a larger work

To deprive, as by craft or ability

One of two or more separate recordings that are combined so as to be replayed simultaneously, as in stereophonic sound reproduction

(Physics) To cause a reference wave to combine with (a second wave) so that the frequency of the second wave can be studied through time variations in the amplitude of the combination.

One of the concentric magnetic rings that form the separate data storage areas on a floppy disk or a hard disk.

To inflict repeated blows.

A set of digital data encoded consecutively on an optical disc.

To pulsate; throb.

Tracks(Slang) Needle marks on the skin from multiple intravenous injections, considered an indication of habitual drug use.

To emit sound when struck

To follow the tracks of; trail

To strike a drum.

To leave marks made of (dirt or mud, for example) on a surface

To flap repeatedly.

To leave marks on (a floor, for example) when moving or traversing

To shine or glare intensely

To observe or monitor the course of (an aircraft, for example), as by radar.

To fall in torrents

To observe the progress of; follow

To hunt through woods or underbrush in search of game.

To determine or discover the location or origin of

(Nautical) To sail upwind by tacking repeatedly.

To equip with a track.

A stroke or blow, especially one that produces a sound or serves as a signal.

To assign (a student) to a curricular track.

A pulsation or throb.

To follow a course; travel

(Physics) A variation in the amplitude of a wave, especially that which results from the superpositioning of two or more waves of different frequencies. When sound waves are combined, the beat is heard as a pulsation in the sound.

To keep a constant distance apart. Used of a pair of wheels.

A steady succession of units of rhythm.

To be in alignment

A gesture used by a conductor to indicate such a unit.

To follow the undulations in the groove of a phonograph record. Used of a needle.

A pattern of stress that produces the rhythm of verse.

To move across magnetic heads. Used of magnetic tape.

A variable unit of time measuring a pause taken by an actor, as for dramatic effect.

To move in relation to a subject being filmed. Used of a camera or camera crew.

The area regularly covered by a reporter, a police officer, or a sentry

A mark left by something that has passed along.

The reporting of a news item obtained ahead of one's competitors.

A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.

Often Beat A member of the Beat Generation.

The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.

(Informal) Worn-out; fatigued.

A road or other similar beaten path.

Often Beat Of or relating to the Beat Generation.

Physical course; way.

A stroke; a blow.

A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.

A pulsation or throb.

The direction and progress of someone or something; path.

(music) A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.

(railways) The way or rails along which a train moves. Category:en:Rail transportation

A rhythm.

A tract or area, such as of land.

(music) The rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians.

(slang) The street, as a prostitute's place of work.

The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.

Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.

The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency

(automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.

(authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.

(automotive) caterpillar track

(by extension) An area of a person's responsibility, especially

(cricket) The pitch.

The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.

Sound stored on a record.

(journalism) The primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).

The physical track on a record.

(dated) An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop.

(music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence.

That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.

A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.

A precinct.

The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.

(dated) A place of habitual or frequent resort.

A themed set of talks within a conference.

(AU) An area frequented by gay men in search of sexual activity. See gay beat.

Clipping of trackshoe

(archaic) A low cheat or swindler.

To continue over time.

(hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.

(transitive) To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time.

(fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.

(transitive) To monitor the movement of a person or object.

(slang) A makeup look; compare beat one's face.

(transitive) To match the movement or change of a person or object.

A beatnik.

To travel so that a moving object remains in shot.

(transitive) To hit; to strike.

To move.

(transitive) To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.

(transitive) To traverse; to move across.

(intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.

(transitive) To tow.

(intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.

(intransitive) To exhibit good cognitive function.

(transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.

(transitive) To follow the tracks of.

To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.

(transitive) To discover the location of a person or object by following traces.

(transitive) To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.

(transitive) To make tracks on or to leave in the form of tracks.

To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.

To create a musical recording (a track).

To persuade the seller to reduce a price.

To create music using tracker software.

(transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.

To make sense; to be consistent with known information

To tread, as a path.

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.

A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint.

To be in agitation or doubt.

The entire lower surface of the foot; - said of birds, etc.

To make a sound when struck.

A road; a beaten path.

To make a succession of strokes on a drum.

Course; way; as, the track of a comet.

To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and lesser intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations not perfectly in unison.

A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.

(transitive) To arrive at a place before someone.

The permanent way; the rails.

To have sexual intercourse.

A tract or area, as of land.

To rob.

To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow.

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To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow.

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A line or route along which something travels or moves;

Exhausted.

Evidence pointing to a possible solution;

Dilapidated, beat up.

A pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels

Having impressively attractive makeup.

A course over which races are run

(slang) Boring.

A distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc;

Ugly.

An endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground

Relating to the Beat Generation.

(computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data

To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum.

A groove on a phonograph recording

To punish by blows; to thrash.

A bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll

To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game.

Any road or path affording passage especially a rough one

To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind.

The act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track

To tread, as a path.

Carry on the feet and deposit;

To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish, defeat, or conquer; to surpass or be superior to.

Observe or plot the moving path of something;

To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; - often with out.

Go after with the intent to catch;

To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.

Travel across or pass over;

To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc.

Make tracks upon

To baffle or stump; to defy the comprehension of (a person); as, it beats me why he would do that.

To evade, avoid, or escape (blame, taxes, punishment); as, to beat the rap (be acquitted); to beat the sales tax by buying out of state.

To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.

To move with pulsation or throbbing.

To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as rain, wind, and waves do.

To be in agitation or doubt.

To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse.

To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.

To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.

To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; - said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.

A stroke; a blow.

A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse.

The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit.

A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat; analogously, for newspaper reporters, the subject or territory that they are assigned to cover; as, the Washington beat.

A place of habitual or frequent resort.

A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; - often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat; also, deadbeat.

One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the beat of him.

The act of one that beats a person or thing

The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.

A smart tap on the adversary's blade.

Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted.

A regular route for a sentry or policeman;

The rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart;

The basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music;

A single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations

A member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

The sound of stroke or blow;

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

A regular rate of repetition;

A stroke or blow;

The act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict;

Give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression;

Hit repeatedly;

Move rhythmically;

Shape by beating;

Make a rhythmic sound;

Glare or strike with great intensity;

Move with a thrashing motion;

Sail with much tacking or with difficulty;

Stir vigorously;

Strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music;

Be superior;

Avoid paying;

Make a sound like a clock or a timer;

Move with a flapping motion;

Indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks;

Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion;

Make by pounding or trampling;

Produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly;

Strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting

Beat through cleverness and wit;

Be a mystery or bewildering to;

Wear out completely;

Very tired;