What's the difference between slapping and whopping?
Slapping
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slap
(a.) Very large; monstrous; big.
Example Sentences:
(1) A series of hierarchical multiple regressions revealed the effects of Surgency, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, and Intellect on evoking upset in spouses through condescension (e.g., treating spouse as stupid or inferior), possessiveness (demanding too much time and attention), abuse (slapping spouse), unfaithfulness (having sex with others), inconsiderateness (leaving toilet seat up), moodiness (crying a lot), alcohol abuse (drinking too much alcohol), emotional constriction (hiding emotions to act tough), and self-centeredness (acting selfishly).
(2) Shaky phone footage of the raid that circulated online showed the vigilantes kicking, slapping and insulting the men, with one of them slumped naked on the ground during the attack.
(3) The debate about the future ownership of Royal Bank of Scotland was kickstarted on Wednesday just hours before the bank was slapped with a fine for rigging Libor.
(4) Her target was Raymond Young, whose response, according to witnesses in Droylsden's Cotton Tree pub, was to slap Atkinson with the back of his hand.
(5) The discovery of "serious failings" in the sale of these so-called interest rate swaps comes as the banking industry is mired in controversy about manipulating interest rates following the record-breaking £290m fine slapped on Barclays on Wednesday.
(6) Bartra slaps a header just wide of the near post and high.
(7) I've had your typical Australian dad come up after the show, slap me on the back, go bright red and say, "Well done, mate, well done."
(8) 2.54pm BST Photograph: Bloomberg TV Shares in Pfizer have risen over 1.6% in early trading in New York, as Wall Street traders react to the news that the company's third bid for AstraZeneca has been slapped down.
(9) For years we’ve been told to slap on sunscreen to protect against the harmful effects of the sun’s UV rays.
(10) The senior officials signed off on how the CIA would interrogate top al-Qaida suspects - whether they would be slapped, pushed, deprived of sleep or subjected to waterboarding.
(11) Rachel Dolezal identifying as African American is highly unusual, experts say Read more The adopted brother of Rachel Dolezal has accused her of giving African Americans a “slap in the face” by co-opting their racial struggles after growing up with all the advantages of a white, middle-class girl.
(12) It’s not just the slapping you or beating you on the feet, it’s the way they wake you in the middle of the night in that shitty room where you’ve tried so hard to sleep,” the prisoner said above the noise of fellow inmates and their relatives.
(13) This may be triggered by a research note from UBS analysts, who have slapped a 'sell' rating on Royal Mail shares and set a target price of 450p.
(14) She scraped her fingernails on my neck, and slapped my face.
(15) "They shouldn't just get away with a slap," said Paul Gaines, 54.
(16) The coalition government has allowed more than 10,000 perpetrators of domestic violence to get away with an apology and slap on the wrist, Yvette Cooper , the shadow home secretary, will say on Monday.
(17) Chelsea v Bournemouth: Premier League – as it happened Read more Mourinho’s post-match gloom reflected as much, his criticisms of the officials all rather half-hearted given the fact that, when he has lambasted perceived mistakes this term, he has been slapped down with heavy fines, a stadium ban and a threat of another to come.
(18) Chindamo's trial, the following year, heard how the teenager, who came to Britain from Italy at the age of five, sneered as he slapped, punched and then stabbed the headteacher.
(19) On Thursday, they slapped a button on the streak, winning 1-0 over the Arizona Diamondbacks in walk-off fashion.
(20) Why was an import ban not slapped on ash immediately the disease was discovered in February?
Whopping
Definition:
(a.) Very large; monstrous; astonishing; as, a whapping story.
Example Sentences:
(1) No sign of an OMT announcement.. September 10, 2012 Updated at 2.46pm BST 2.12pm BST Another development in Greece: there is growing speculation in Athens today that with Greek debt still at a whopping 166% of GDP – despite a massive write-down by private sector creditors earlier this year – another haircut, this time by the official sector, is on the cards.
(2) Printers have come a long way since 1984 when Hewlett Packard introduced the ThinkJet , the firm's first personal inkjet printer grinding at a snail's pace of two pages a minute and priced at a whopping $495.
(3) When Simon Crowther began his course in 2012, RPI inflation was 3.6%, so in the first year interest of a whopping 6.6% was being added.
(4) The beta-carotene content of sweet potatoes has been boosted from 10 micrograms per gram to a whopping 115.
(5) For what it's worth, Labour lost on a whopping great 18% swing to the Tories, yet despite an awful lot of muttering absolutely nothing happened.
(6) Constantine – who has now taken the precaution of buying up the trademark to his own name in case Amazon tries a countermove – is now ready for a another outbreak of hostilities with Amazon: "Now I've said this to you," he said, "they will no doubt give us another whopping with a stick."
(7) Some of the worst affected locales include the Volga city of Tolyatti with a whopping 3.0 per cent prevalence, and the Irkutsk region in Siberia with 1.5 per cent, Pokrovsky said.
(8) Rob Carnell at ING Financial Markets The latest durable goods orders data throw more doubt on the resilience of the US recovery, with the headline growth rate of only 0.3% helped by a whopping 75.9% gain in non-defence aircraft.
(9) Which is why the government pumped a whopping £40bn into the nationalised banks yesterday (more than the October bailout), but made sure not to increase its shareholding in RBS.
(10) Those companies aren’t evil, but the jury is still out on whether they can balance large audiences of children on one side with whopping in-app purchases in games for adults on the other, without falling foul of parents.
(11) Among the fifth of voters who said the most important quality to them in choosing a candidate was "cares about people like me", Obama had a whopping 81-18 edge.
(12) This March, the proportions of loans taken by finance and property slumped all the way to a trifling 74.7%, while non-financial firms took a whopping 25.3%.
(13) That's effectively what the Guardian did last week, except that there was no beloved actor, but rather a whopping great multinational company accused of dumping toxic waste off the Ivory Coast, following which a lot of people got rather sick and more than a little upset.
(14) In Star Trek Into Darkness, he allegedly used the special effect a whopping 826 times.
(15) Between 2003–4 and 2010–11, a whopping £176.64bn was spent on them.
(16) He has already outlasted Leonid Brezhnev (18 years) and is closing in fast on comrade Stalin (a whopping 31).
(17) In 2007, when he faced a referendum with no rivals, he won with a whopping 97.6% of the vote.
(18) Before permitting the release of NBK in 1994, the censors insisted that Stone strip a whopping 150 shots from the film.
(19) Giving the NYPD a fail grade, the public advocate noted that "28% of answered requests took more than 60 days to process," while a whopping "31% of requests received no response."
(20) Asian Americans Asian Americans delivered another whopping vote of confidence to Obama, siding with him by 74% to 25%.