Flogging vs. Scourging — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Flogging and Scourging
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Flogging
To beat severely with a whip or rod.
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Scourging
A source of widespread dreadful affliction and devastation such as that caused by pestilence or war.
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Flogging
(Informal) To publicize aggressively
Flogging a new book.
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Scourging
A means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance, or punishment.
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Flogging
Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.
What lawbreakers like that need is a good flogging. Do that and watch the crime rate plummet.
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Scourging
A small whip used to inflict punishment.
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Flogging
Present participle of flog
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Scourging
To afflict with severe or widespread suffering and devastation; ravage.
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Flogging
Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
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Scourging
To chastise severely; excoriate.
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Scourging
To flog.
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Scourging
Present participle of scourge
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Scourging
A beating with a scourge; a flogging.
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