Whip vs. Welt — What's the Difference?

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.

A leather rim sewn round the edge of a shoe upper to which the sole is attached.

To strike with a strap or rod; lash

A red, raised mark or scar; a weal.

To afflict, castigate, or reprove severely

A heavy blow

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

Provide with a welt.

To arouse or excite, especially with words

Strike (someone or something) hard and heavily

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

Develop a raised scar or weal

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

A strip, as of leather or other material, stitched into a shoe between the sole and the upper.

To sew with a loose overcast or overhand stitch.

A tape or covered cord sewn into a seam as reinforcement or trimming.

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

A ridge or bump on the skin caused by a lash or blow or sometimes by an allergic reaction.

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

A lash or blow producing such a mark.

(Informal) To defeat soundly

To reinforce or trim with a welt.

To move in a sudden, quick manner; dart

To beat severely; flog.

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

To raise welts or a welt on.

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 roll; revolve

A whipping or lashing motion or stroke; a whiplash.

To cause to have welts; to beat.

A blow, wound, or cut made by whipping.

To install welt (a welt or welts) to reinforce.

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

A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow.

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

(shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.

(Sports) A whipper-in.

A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.

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.

In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.

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

In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.

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

In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.

An arm on a windmill.

(heraldry) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.

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

A feature resembling a welt.

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

That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it

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.

A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.

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

A raised ridge on the surface of the skin, produced by a blow, as from a stick or whip; a wale; a weal; as, to raise welts on the back with a whip.

A blow administered with a whip.

A blow that produces a welt{3}.

(hunting) A whipper-in.

To furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on; as, to welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a sleeve.

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

To wilt.

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

A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions

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

A raised or strengthened seam

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

Beat severely with a whip or rod;

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

Put a welt on;

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

A whipping motion; a thrashing about.

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

Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion

A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit

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

(historical) A coach driver; a coachman.

(transitive) To hit with a whip.

To hit with any flexible object.

To defeat, as in a contest or game.

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

(transitive) To urge into action or obedience.

To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.

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

To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.

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

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

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

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

(intransitive) To move very fast.

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

To transfer momentum from one skater to another.

(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;