Lash vs. Rash — What's the Difference?

Strike or beat with a whip or stick

A rash is a change of the human skin which affects its color, appearance, or texture. A rash may be localized in one part of the body, or affect all the skin.

(of an animal) move (a part of the body, especially the tail) quickly and violently

Resulting from or acting with ill-considered haste or boldness.

Fasten (something) securely with a cord or rope

A visible lesion or group of lesions on the skin, caused by any of numerous factors including infectious agents, drugs, and allergies.

A sharp blow or stroke with a whip or rope

An outbreak of many instances within a brief period

An eyelash

Acting too quickly without considering the consequences and risks; not careful; hasty.

A stroke or blow with or as if with a whip.

Of corn or other grains: so dry as to fall out of the ear with handling.

A whip.

Requiring swift action; pressing; urgent.

The flexible portion of a whip, such as a plait or thong.

Taking effect quickly and strongly; fast-acting.

Punishment administered with a whip.

(archaic) rashly

A lacerating presence or power

An area of inflamed and irritated skin characterized by reddened spots that may be filled with fluid or pus; also, preceded by a descriptive word , an illness characterized by a type of rash.

A caustic verbal attack.

(figuratively)

An eyelash.

An irregular distribution or sprinkling of objects resembling a rash (sense 1).

To strike with or as if with a whip.

An outbreak or surge in problems; a spate, string, or trend.

To strike against with force or violence

(historical) Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: a fabric with a smooth texture woven from silk, worsted, or a mixture of the two, intended as an inferior substitute for silk.

To beat or swing rapidly

(obsolete) A soft crackling or rustling sound.

To make a scathing oral or written attack against.

(transitive)

To drive or goad; sting

To forcefully move or push (someone or something) in a certain direction.

To move swiftly or violently; thrash

To break (something) forcefully; to smash.

To aim a sudden blow; strike

To emit or issue (something) hastily.

To beat; flail

(rare) Usually followed by up: to prepare (something) with haste; to cobble together, to improvise.

To make a scathing verbal or written attack. Often used with out

(intransitive)

To secure or bind, as with a rope, cord, or chain.

To move forcefully, hastily, or suddenly; to dash, to rush.

The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

Of rain: to fall heavily.

(obsolete) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.

Chiefly followed by against, at, or upon: to collide or hit.

A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.

Chiefly followed by away, down, off, out, etc.: to pluck, pull, or rip (something) violently.

A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.

To hack, slash, or slice (something).

A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.

(rare) Chiefly followed by out: to scrape or scratch (something); to obliterate.

A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.

To pull off or pluck violently.

In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.

To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice.

An attempt; a go at something.

To prepare with haste.

Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).

A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation.

(transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.

An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.

(transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.

Sudden in action; quick; hasty.

(transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.

Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.

(transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.

Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander.

(intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.

Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.

(intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.

So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.

To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.

Any red eruption of the skin

(transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.

A series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences;

(obsolete) Remiss, lax.

Imprudently incurring risk;

(obsolete) Relaxed.

Marked by unthinking boldness; with defiant disregard for danger or consequences;

Soft, watery, wet.

(Ulster) Excellent, wonderful.

(Britain) Drunk.

The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.

A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes.

A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.

A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.

In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.

To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.

To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail.

To throw out with a jerk or quickly.

To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.

To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language.

To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten; as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's back.

Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

Leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip

A quick blow with a whip

Beat severely with a whip or rod;

Lash or flick about sharply;

Strike as if by whipping;

Bind with a rope, chain, or cord;