Beat vs. Whisk — What's the Difference?

To strike repeatedly.

A whisk is a cooking utensil which can be used to blend ingredients smooth or to incorporate air into a mixture, in a process known as whisking or whipping. Most whisks consist of a long, narrow handle with a series of wire loops joined at the end.

To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse; batter.

Take or move (someone or something) somewhere suddenly and quickly

To punish by hitting or whipping; flog.

Beat or stir (a substance, especially cream or eggs) with a light, rapid movement.

To strike against repeatedly and with force; pound

A utensil for whipping eggs or cream.

To flap (wings, for example).

A bunch of grass, twigs, or bristles for removing dust or flies.

To strike so as to produce music or a signal

A brief, rapid action or movement

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

To move or cause to move with quick light sweeping motions

To shape or break by repeated blows; forge

To whip (eggs or cream).

To make by pounding or trampling

To move lightly, nimbly, and rapidly.

To mix rapidly with a utensil

A quick light sweeping motion.

To defeat or subdue, as in a contest.

A whiskbroom.

To force to withdraw or retreat

A small bunch, as of twigs or hair, attached to a handle and used in brushing.

To dislodge from a position

A kitchen utensil, usually in the form of stiff, thin wire loops attached to a handle, used for whipping foodstuffs.

(Informal) To be superior to or better than

A quick, light sweeping motion.

(Slang) To perplex or baffle

A kitchen utensil, now usually made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle (and formerly of twigs), used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function).

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

A bunch of twigs or hair etc, used as a brush.

To arrive or finish before (another)

A small handheld broom with a small (or no) handle.

To deprive, as by craft or ability

A plane used by coopers for evening chines.

(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.

A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.

To inflict repeated blows.

(obsolete) The card game whist.

To pulsate; throb.

(transitive) To move something with quick light sweeping motions.

To emit sound when struck

(transitive) In cooking, to whip e.g. eggs or cream.

To strike a drum.

(transitive) To move something rapidly and with no warning.

To flap repeatedly.

(intransitive) To move lightly and nimbly.

To shine or glare intensely

(transitive) To move whiskers.

To fall in torrents

A game at cards; whist.

To hunt through woods or underbrush in search of game.

The act of whisking; a rapid, sweeping motion, as of something light; a sudden motion or quick puff.

(Nautical) To sail upwind by tacking repeatedly.

A small bunch of grass, straw, twigs, hair, or the like, used for a brush; hence, a brush or small besom, as of broom corn.

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

A small culinary instrument made of wire, or the like, for whisking or beating eggs, cream, etc.

A pulsation or throb.

A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.

(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.

An impertinent fellow.

A steady succession of units of rhythm.

A plane used by coopers for evening chines.

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

To sweep, brush, or agitate, with a light, rapid motion; as, to whisk dust from a table; to whisk the white of eggs into a froth.

A pattern of stress that produces the rhythm of verse.

To move with a quick, sweeping motion.

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

To move nimbly at with velocity; to make a sudden agile movement.

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

A mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream

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

A small short-handled broom used to brush clothes

Often Beat A member of the Beat Generation.

Move somewhere quickly;

(Informal) Worn-out; fatigued.

Move quickly and nimbly;

Often Beat Of or relating to the Beat Generation.

Brush or wipe off lightly

A stroke; a blow.

Whip with or as if with a wire whisk;

A pulsation or throb.

(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.

A rhythm.

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

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

The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency

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

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

The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.

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

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

That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.

A precinct.

(dated) A place of habitual or frequent resort.

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

(archaic) A low cheat or swindler.

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

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

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

A beatnik.

(transitive) To hit; to strike.

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

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

(intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.

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

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

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

To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.

To persuade the seller to reduce a price.

(transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.

To tread, as a path.

To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.

To be in agitation or doubt.

To make a sound when struck.

To make a succession of strokes on a drum.

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.

(transitive) To arrive at a place before someone.

To have sexual intercourse.

To rob.

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Exhausted.

Dilapidated, beat up.

Having impressively attractive makeup.

(slang) Boring.

Ugly.

Relating to the Beat Generation.

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.

To punish by blows; to thrash.

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

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

To tread, as a path.

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

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

To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.

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.

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;