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pat vs rap

rap vs pat

pat and rap both are nouns.

pat is an adjective but rap is not an adjective.

pat and rap both are verbs.

pat is an adverb but rap is not an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pat Yes Yes Yes Yes
rap Yes No Yes No
As nouns, pat and rap are synonyms defined as:
  • pat and rap: the sound made by a gentle blow
Other synonyms of pat include tap.
pat (noun) rap (noun)
a light touch or stroke the act of hitting vigorously
the sound made by a gentle blow a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
voluble conversation
genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
the sound made by a gentle blow
a gentle blow
pat (adjective) rap (adjective)
exactly suited to the occasion
having only superficial plausibility
pat (verb) rap (verb)
hit lightly talk volubly
pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin strike sharply
perform rap music
make light, repeated taps on a surface
pat (adverb) rap (adverb)
completely or perfectly
Difference between pat and rap

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