Beat vs. Bet

Beat vs. Bet — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Beat and Bet

Beatnoun

A stroke; a blow.

Betnoun

A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).

Dylan owes Fletcher $30 from an unsuccessful bet.

Beatnoun

A pulsation or throb.

a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse

Betnoun

A degree of certainty.

It’s a safe bet that it will rain tomorrow.It’s an even bet that Jim will come top of the maths test tomorrow.

Beatnoun

A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.

Betnoun

alternative form of beth

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Beatnoun

A rhythm.

Betverb

To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.

Beatnoun

(music) [specifically] The rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians.

Betverb

To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.

You bet!

Beatnoun

The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency

Betverb

(poker) To place money into the pot in order to require others do the same, usually only used for the first person to place money in the pot on each round.

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Beatnoun

(authorship) A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect; a plot point or story development.

Betpreposition

(knitting) between

Beatnoun

The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.

to walk the beat

Betnoun

the money risked on a gamble

Beatnoun

(by extension) An area of a person's responsibility, especially

Betnoun

the act of gambling;

he did it on a bet

Beatnoun

In journalism, the primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).

Betverb

maintain with or as if with a bet;

I bet she will be there!

Beatnoun

(dated) An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop.

Betverb

stake on the outcome of an issue;

I bet $100 on that new horseShe played all her money on the dark horse

Beatnoun

That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.

the beat of him

Betverb

have faith or confidence in;

you can count on me to help you any timeLook to your friends for supportYou can bet on that!Depend on your family in times of crisis

Beatnoun

(dated) A place of habitual or frequent resort.

Beatnoun

(archaic) A low cheat or swindler.

a dead beat

Beatnoun

The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.

Beatnoun

(hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.

Beatnoun

(fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.

Beatnoun

A beatnik.

Beatverb

(transitive) To hit; strike

As soon as she heard that her father had died, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled.

Beatverb

(transitive) To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.

He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque.

Beatverb

(intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.

Beatverb

(intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.

Beatverb

(transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.

Jan had little trouble beating John in tennis. He lost five games in a row.No matter how quickly Joe finished his test, Roger always beat him.I just can't seem to beat the last level of this video game.

Beatverb

To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.

Beatverb

(transitive) To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.

Beatverb

To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.

Beat the eggs and whip the cream.

Beatverb

of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price

He wanted $50 for it, but I managed to beat him down to $35.

Beatverb

(transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.

to beat a retreat; to beat to quarters

Beatverb

To tread, as a path.

Beatverb

To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.

Beatverb

To be in agitation or doubt.

Beatverb

To make a sound when struck.

The drums beat.

Beatverb

To make a succession of strokes on a drum.

The drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.

Beatverb

To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.

Beatverb

(transitive) To arrive at a place before someone.

He beat me there.The place is empty, we beat the crowd of people who come at lunch.

Beatverb

to masturbate.

This was the second time he beat off today.

Beatadjective

exhausted

After the long day, she was feeling completely beat.

Beatadjective

dilapidated, beat up

Dude, you drive a beat car like that and you ain’t gonna get no honeys.

Beatadjective

(gay slang) fabulous

Her makeup was beat!

Beatadjective

(slang) boring

Beatadjective

ugly

Beatnoun

a regular route for a sentry or policeman;

in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name

Beatnoun

the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart;

he could feel the beat of her heart

Beatnoun

the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music;

the piece has a fast rhythmthe conductor set the beat

Beatnoun

a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations

Beatnoun

a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

Beatnoun

the sound of stroke or blow;

he heard the beat of a drum

Beatnoun

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Beatnoun

a regular rate of repetition;

the cox raised the beat

Beatnoun

a stroke or blow;

the signal was two beats on the steam pipe

Beatnoun

the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

Beatverb

come out better in a competition, race, or conflict;

Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championshipWe beat the competitionHarvard defeated Yale in the last football game

Beatverb

give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression;

Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at nightThe teacher used to beat the students

Beatverb

hit repeatedly;

beat on the doorbeat the table with his shoe

Beatverb

move rhythmically;

Her heart was beating fast

Beatverb

shape by beating;

beat swords into ploughshares

Beatverb

make a rhythmic sound;

Rain drummed against the windshieldThe drums beat all night

Beatverb

glare or strike with great intensity;

The sun was beating down on us

Beatverb

move with a thrashing motion;

The bird flapped its wingsThe eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky

Beatverb

sail with much tacking or with difficulty;

The boat beat in the strong wind

Beatverb

stir vigorously;

beat the egg whitesbeat the cream

Beatverb

strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music;

beat one's breastbeat one's foot rhythmically

Beatverb

be superior;

Reading beats watching televisionThis sure beats work!

Beatverb

avoid paying;

beat the subway fare

Beatverb

make a sound like a clock or a timer;

the clocks were tickingthe grandfather clock beat midnight

Beatverb

move with a flapping motion;

The bird's wings were flapping

Beatverb

indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks;

Beat the rhythm

Beatverb

move with or as if with a regular alternating motion;

the city pulsated with music and excitement

Beatverb

make by pounding or trampling;

beat a path through the forest

Beatverb

produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly;

beat the drum

Beatverb

strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting

Beatverb

beat through cleverness and wit;

I beat the trafficShe outfoxed her competitors

Beatverb

be a mystery or bewildering to;

This beats me!Got me--I don't know the answer!a vexing problemThis question really stuck me

Beatverb

wear out completely;

This kind of work exhausts meI'm beatHe was all washed up after the exam

Beatadjective

very tired;

was all in at the end of the dayso beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywherebushed after all that exerciseI'm dead after that long trip