Pep vs. Punch — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pep and Punch
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Pep
Energy and high spirits; vim
"The duchess is full of pep, that particularly American word that expresses precisely her energy and gaiety" (Suzy Menkes).
Punch
A tool for circular or other piercing
A leather punch.
Pep
To bring energy or liveliness to; invigorate
The good news pepped him up.
Punch
A tool for forcing a pin, bolt, or rivet in or out of a hole.
Pep
(transitive) To inject with energy and enthusiasm.
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Punch
A tool for stamping a design on a surface.
Pep
Energy, high spirits.
Punch
A tool for making a countersink.
Pep
Liveliness and energy;
This tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep
Punch
A blow with the fist.
Punch
Impressive or effective force; impact.
Punch
A beverage of fruit juices and sometimes a soft drink or carbonated water, often spiced and mixed with a wine or liquor base.
Punch
The quarrelsome hook-nosed husband of Judy in the comic puppet show Punch and Judy.
Punch
To make (a hole or opening), as by using a punch or similar implement.
Punch
To make a hole in (something), as by using a punch
The conductor punched my train ticket.
Punch
To pierce something; make a hole or opening
My foot punched through the ice.
Punch
To hit with a sharp blow of the fist.
Punch
To drive (the fist) into or through something.
Punch
To drive (a ball, for example) with the fist.
Punch
To make (a hole) by thrusting the fist.
Punch
(Archaic) To poke or prod with a stick.
Punch
Western US To herd (cattle).
Punch
To depress (the accelerator of a car) forcefully.
Punch
To depress (a key or button, for example) in order to activate a device or perform an operation
Punched the "repeat" key.
Punch
To enter (data) by keying
Punched in the number on the computer.
Punch
(Baseball) To hit (a ball) with a quick short swing.
Punch
(countable) A hit or strike with one's fist.
Punch
A blow from something other than the fist.
Punch
(uncountable) Power, strength, energy.
Punch
(uncountable) Impact.
Punch
(countable) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.
Punch
(countable) A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
Punch
(countable) A hole or opening created with a punch.
Punch
(piledriving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
Punch
A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
Punch
A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.
Punch
(entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.
Punch
(transitive) To strike with one's fist.
If she punches me, I'm gonna break her nose.
Punch
To herd.
Punch
(transitive) To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
Punch
(transitive) To enter (information) on a device or system.
Punch
(transitive) To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
He punched a hit into shallow left field.
Punch
(transitive) To make holes in something rail ticket, leather belt, etc
Punch
To thrust against; to poke.
To punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow
Punch
Ellipsis of punch above one's weight, to date somebody more attractive than oneself.
Punch
(transitive) In winemaking, to perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation.
Punch
To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
Punch
To mark a ticket.
Punch
A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; - specifically named from the kind of spirit used; as rum punch, claret punch, champagne punch, etc.
Punch
The buffoon or harlequin of a puppet show.
Punch
A short, fat fellow; anything short and thick.
I . . . did hear them call their fat child punch, which pleased me mightily, that word being become a word of common use for all that is thick and short.
Punch
One of a breed of large, heavy draught horses; as, the Suffolk punch.
Punch
A thrust or blow.
Punch
A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for cutting out blanks, as for buttons, steel pens, jewelry, and the like; a die.
Punch
An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
Punch
A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
Punch
To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow.
Punch
To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket.
Punch
(boxing) a blow with the fist;
I gave him a clout on his nose
Punch
An iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
Punch
A tool for making (usually circular) holes
Punch
Deliver a quick blow to;
He punched me in the stomach
Punch
Drive forcibly as if by a punch;
The nail punched through the wall
Punch
Make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation;
Perforate the sheets of paper
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