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beat up vs rough up

rough up vs beat up

beat up and rough up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
beat up No No Yes No
rough up No No Yes No
As verbs, rough up is a hyponym of beat up; that is, rough up 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
  • rough up: treat violently
Other hyponyms of beat up include strong-arm, soak, pistol-whip, belabor, belabour, flog, lash, 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 (verb) rough up (verb)
gather treat violently
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
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