What's the difference between lashing and plashing?

Lashing


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.
  • (n.) See 2d Lasher.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The conclusions lead us to recommend wide surgical excision for those melanomas arising on the lash margins.
  • (2) His shot, though, was pawed on to the inside of the post by David Marshall and it was left to Victor Wanyama to lash the loose ball into the empty net.
  • (3) I look back at those moments with shame – you look to your parents to protect you so, when it seems they are falling apart, you lash out at them because you feel vulnerable.
  • (4) The initial effort was poor, hit straight into the wall, but Sánchez took out his anger on the rebound, lashing it through the wall on the volley and past Silvio Proto.
  • (5) Windshields, spectacles, contact lenses, lashes, an excessive tear meniscus, intraocular lens scratches, and posterior capsular opacification are possible causes that can be easily identified and treated.
  • (6) Everton were level as Barkley lashed the ball past John Ruddy with his left foot after Seamus Coleman had cut inside from the right flank.
  • (7) The head of the New South Wales taxi council has lashed out at Labor leader Luke Foley’s support for Uber, likening the system to “WorkChoices on steroids”.
  • (8) But the Brownlow Medallist missed other chances and appeared to lash out at Scott Thompson in a messy exchange, as Sydney missed the preliminary finals for the first time in four seasons.
  • (9) Intracutaneous sterile water injections have been reported to relieve acute labor pain and cervical pain in whip-lash patients.
  • (10) John Terry made the decisive contact, lashing in the loose ball, then quickly went back to making sure his own defence was not so generous.
  • (11) Meanwhile, a leading coal industry lobby group, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, dismissed the report as “unsubstantiated scare tactics and hyperbole” and lashed out at Obama for moving ahead on power plant regulations.
  • (12) The email also lashed out at the New York Times 's “sloppy” reporting, echoing a previous strategy of attacking the MSNBC network over its coverage of the so-called “Bridgegate” scandal.
  • (13) Exacerbations of signs and symptoms recurred when lashes regrew.
  • (14) Higuain picks up the ball and lashes a shot across the face of goal from the left.
  • (15) She was originally sentenced to 99 lashes, but her case was reopened when a court in Tabriz suspected her of murdering her husband.
  • (16) • This article was amended on 15 June 2015 to clarify that a letter Badawi dictated from prison was not published first by Der Spiegel, but is the preface to a book of his writings, 1,000 Lashes.
  • (17) Ribery lashes the thing towards goal with thunderous fury, Pyatov does well to get down and save, but Mamadou Sakho is on hand to tuck the ball home from close range.
  • (18) Sunderland’s right-back, Santiago Vergini, inadvertently gave Southampton the lead by lashing the ball into his own net in the 12th minute, and that signalled the start of a barmy encounter that had home fans in raptures and Sunderland in tatters.
  • (19) But only now, when the world's biggest economies have been lashed by the fallout from the irrational exuberance of the markets, has the idea captured the imagination of their leaders, including Gordon Brown , right.
  • (20) Morgan Tsvangirai , the principal challenger to Robert Mugabe for the presidency of Zimbabwe, has said a credible election next week is all but impossible and lashed out at the head of the African Union for backing his rival.

Plashing


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plash
  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plash
  • (n.) The cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of small trees, as in hedges.
  • (n.) The dashing or sprinkling of coloring matter on the walls of buildings, to imitate granite, etc.

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