flog vs beat up

flog and beat up both are verbs.

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

As verbs, beat up is a hypernym of flog; that is, beat up is a word with a broader meaning than flog:

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

Other hypernyms of flog include beat, work over.

As verbs, beat up is a hypernym of flog; that is, beat up is a word with a broader meaning than flog:

flog: beat with a cane
beat up: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

Other hypernyms of flog include beat, work over.

flog (verb)	beat up (verb)
beat severely with a whip or rod	gather
beat with a cane	give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression