Whip vs. Wipe — 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.

To subject to light rubbing or friction, as with a cloth or paper, in order to clean or dry.

To strike with a strap or rod; lash

To clean or dry by rubbing

To afflict, castigate, or reprove severely

To rub, move, or pass (a cloth, for example) over a surface.

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

To remove by or as if by rubbing

To arouse or excite, especially with words

To blot out completely, as from the memory.

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

To spread or apply by or as if by wiping

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

To form (a joint) in plumbing by spreading solder with a piece of cloth or leather.

To sew with a loose overcast or overhand stitch.

The act or an instance of wiping.

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

Something, such as a towel or tissue, used for wiping.

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

A cam that activates another part; a wiper.

(Informal) To defeat soundly

A blow or swipe.

To move in a sudden, quick manner; dart

(Informal) A jeer; a gibe.

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

A transition from one scene in a film or movie to another, effected by means of a line passing across the screen.

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

(transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. Compare rub.

A whipping or lashing motion or stroke; a whiplash.

(transitive) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.

A blow, wound, or cut made by whipping.

(obsolete) To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out.

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

(ambitransitive) To clean (the buttocks) after defecation.

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

To erase.

(Sports) A whipper-in.

To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.

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.

(figurative) To remove an expression from one's face.

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

(transitive) To deperm (a ship).

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

To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.

An arm on a windmill.

The act of wiping something.

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

A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.

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

A handkerchief.

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 kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.

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

(obsolete) A sarcastic remark; a reproof, a jibe.

A blow administered with a whip.

A blow or swipe; the act of striking somebody or something.

(hunting) A whipper-in.

A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).

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

An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout.

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

The lapwing.

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

Act of rubbing, esp. in order to clean.

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

A blow; a stroke; a hit; a swipe.

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

A gibe; a jeer; a severe sarcasm.

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

A handkerchief.

A whipping motion; a thrashing about.

Stain; brand.

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

To rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean or dry by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel.

Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion

To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; - usually followed by away, off or out. Also used figuratively.

A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit

To cheat; to defraud; to trick; - usually followed by out.

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

The act of rubbing or wiping;

(historical) A coach driver; a coachman.

Rub with a circular motion;

(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;