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work over vs flail

flail vs work over

work over is not a noun while flail is a noun.

work over and flail both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
work over No No Yes No
flail Yes No Yes No
As verbs, flail is a hyponym of work over; that is, flail is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than work over:
  • work over: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
  • flail: give a thrashing to; beat hard
Other hyponyms of work over include strong-arm, soak, pistol-whip, belabor, belabour, rough up, flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip, cane, flog, lambast, lambaste, kayo, knock cold, knock out, lam, thrash, thresh, baste, batter, clobber, larrup, paddle, spank.
work over (noun) flail (noun)
an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing
work over (verb) flail (verb)
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression give a thrashing to; beat hard
move like a flail; thresh about
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