beat up vs slash

slash vs beat up

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

beat up and slash both are verbs.

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

As verbs, slash is a hyponym of beat up; that is, slash 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
slash: beat severely with a whip or rod

Other hyponyms of beat up include strong-arm, soak, pistol-whip, belabor, belabour, rough up, flog, lash, lather, 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)	slash (noun)
	a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
	a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
	an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
	a wound made by cutting

beat up (verb)	slash (verb)
gather	cut drastically
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression	cut open
	cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
	beat severely with a whip or rod
	move or stir about violently

Difference between beat up and slash

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