flagellation vs tanning what difference
what is difference between flagellation and tanning
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌflædʒəˈleɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Etymology 1
From French flagellation, from Latin flagellatio, from flagellare, from flagellum, diminutive of flagrum (“whip”).
Noun
flagellation (countable and uncountable, plural flagellations)
- A beating consisting of lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as a whipping or scourging.
Related terms
- flagellant, flagellantism
- flogging
- self-flagellation
Etymology 2
From flagellum (“elongated filiform appendage”), itself a diminutive of Latin flagrum (“whip”), closely related to etymology 1.
Noun
flagellation (plural flagellations)
- (botany) The formation by plants of flagella, or their arrangement
Derived terms
- deflagellation
- reflagellation
References
- Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
French
Noun
flagellation f (plural flagellations)
- flagellation
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtænɪŋ/
Verb
tanning
- present participle of tan
Noun
tanning (countable and uncountable, plural tannings)
- The process of making leather, which does not easily decompose, from the skins of animals, which do.
- The acquisition of a tan, either by exposure to the sun, or artificially.
- (informal) A spanking.
Translations
See also
- tan someone’s hide
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