beat up vs lash

lash vs beat up

beat up is not a noun while lash is a noun.

beat up and lash both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
beat up	No	No	Yes	No
lash	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, lash is a hyponym of beat up; that is, lash is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than beat up:

beat up: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
lash: beat severely with a whip or rod

Other hyponyms of beat up include strong-arm, soak, pistol-whip, belabor, belabour, rough up, flog, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip, cane, flog, lambast, lambaste, kayo, knock cold, knock out, flail, lam, thrash, thresh, baste, batter, clobber, larrup, paddle, spank.

beat up (noun)	lash (noun)
	a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
	leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
	any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

beat up (verb)	lash (verb)
gather	strike as if by whipping
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression	beat severely with a whip or rod
	bind with a rope, chain, or cord
	lash or flick about sharply

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