Belt vs. Whip — What's the Difference?

A flexible band, as of leather or cloth, worn around the waist or over a shoulder to hold up clothing, secure tools or weapons, or serve as decoration.

A whip is a tool designed to strike humans or other animals to exert control through pain compliance or fear of pain. They can also be used without inflicting pain, for audiovisual cues, such as in equestrianism.

Something resembling a belt, as a number of machine-gun rounds attached together in a strip.

To strike with a strap or rod; lash

An encircling route.

To afflict, castigate, or reprove severely

A seat belt or safety belt.

To strike or affect in a manner similar to whipping or lashing

A continuous band or chain for transferring motion or power or conveying materials from one wheel or shaft to another.

To arouse or excite, especially with words

A band of tough reinforcing material beneath the tread of a tire.

To beat (cream or eggs, for example) into a froth or foam.

A usually bandlike geographic region that is distinctive in a specific respect. Often used in combination

(Informal) To snatch, pull, or remove in a sudden manner

A powerful blow; a wallop.

To sew with a loose overcast or overhand stitch.

A drink of hard liquor.

To wrap or bind (a rope, for example) with twine to prevent unraveling or fraying.

To equip, hold up, or attach with a belt

(Nautical) To hoist by means of a rope passing through an overhead pulley.

To encircle or mark in the manner of a belt

(Informal) To defeat soundly

To beat with a belt or strap.

To move in a sudden, quick manner; dart

To strike forcefully; hit.

To move in a manner similar to a whip; thrash or snap about

To sing in a loud and forceful manner

An instrument, either a flexible rod or a flexible thong or lash attached to a handle, used for driving animals or administering corporal punishment.

To swig (an alcoholic beverage).

A whipping or lashing motion or stroke; a whiplash.

A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.

A blow, wound, or cut made by whipping.

A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.

Something, such as a long radio antenna on a motor vehicle, that is similar to a whip in form or flexibility.

A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.

(Sports) Flexibility, as in the shaft of a golf club

Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.

(Sports) A whipper-in.

A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.

A member of a legislative body, such as the US Congress or the British Parliament, charged by that member's party with enforcing party discipline and ensuring attendance.

(astronomy) A collection of small bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.

A call issued to party members in a lawmaking body to ensure attendance at a particular time.

(astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.

A dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream, often with fruit or fruit flavoring

A band of armor along the sides of a warship, protecting the ship's vital spaces.

An arm on a windmill.

A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.

(Nautical) A hoist consisting of a single rope passing through an overhead pulley.

A quick drink of liquor.

A ride in an amusement park, consisting of small cars that move in a rapid, whipping motion along an oval track.

A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).

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.

(baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.

The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.

(weapons) A device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon.

A blow administered with a whip.

(music) A vocal tone produced by singing with chest voice above the break (or passaggio), in a range typically sung in head voice.

(hunting) A whipper-in.

(transitive) To encircle.

(politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes; a whipper-in.

(transitive) To fasten a belt on.

A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.

(transitive) To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.

The regular status of an MP within a parliamentary party, which can be revoked by the party as a disciplinary measure.

(transitive) To hit with a belt.

(nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.

To scream or sing in a loud manner.

A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.

(transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps.

(roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.

To hit someone or something.

A whipping motion; a thrashing about.

To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.

The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.

(intransitive) To move very fast.

Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion

That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.

A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit

That which restrains or confines as a girdle.

(music) A wippen, a rocking component in certain piano actions.

Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand.

(historical) A coach driver; a coachman.

One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.

(transitive) To hit with a whip.

A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.

To hit with any flexible object.

A token or badge of knightly rank.

To defeat, as in a contest or game.

A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.

(transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.

A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.

(transitive) To urge into action or obedience.

To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.

To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.

To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.

To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.

Endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys

To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.

A band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)

To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.

An elongated region where a specific condition is found;

(transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.

A vigorous blow;

(ambitransitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.

A path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)

(intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.

The act of hitting vigorously;

(intransitive) To move very fast.

Sing loudly and forcefully

(transitive) To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.

Deliver a blow to;

To transfer momentum from one skater to another.

Fasten with a belt;

(figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.

To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.

To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top.

To punish with a whip, scourge, or rod; to flog; to beat; as, to whip a vagrant; to whip one with thirty nine lashes; to whip a perverse boy.

To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to.

To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat.

To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like.

To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass.

To overlay (a cord, rope, or the like) with other cords going round and round it; to overcast, as the edge of a seam; to wrap; - often with about, around, or over.

To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle.

To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; - with into, out, up, off, and the like.

To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.

To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip.

To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner.

An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a flexible rod.

A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip.

One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread.

A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies.

A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.

A person (as a member of Parliament) appointed to enforce party discipline, and secure the attendance of the members of a Parliament party at any important session, especially when their votes are needed.

A whipping motion; a thrashing about; as, the whip of a tense rope or wire which has suddenly parted; also, the quality of being whiplike or flexible; flexibility; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.

Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion, as a spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit, or a rocking certain piano actions.

An instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping

A legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline

A dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit

(golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club

A quick blow with a whip

Beat severely with a whip or rod;

Defeat thoroughly;

Thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash;

Strike as if by whipping;

Whip with or as if with a wire whisk;

Subject to harsh criticism;