Beat vs. Stroke

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

Beatnoun

A stroke; a blow.

Strokenoun

An act of stroking moving one's hand over a surface.

She gave the cat a stroke.

Beatnoun

A pulsation or throb.

a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse

Strokenoun

A blow or hit.

a stroke on the chin

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.

Strokenoun

A single movement with a tool.

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Beatnoun

A rhythm.

Strokenoun

(golf) A single act of striking at the ball with a club.

Beatnoun

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

Strokenoun

(tennis) The hitting of a ball with a racket, or the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact.

Beatnoun

The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency

Strokenoun

(rowing) The movement of an oar or paddle through water, either the pull which actually propels the vessel or a single entire cycle of movement including the pull.

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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.

Strokenoun

(cricket) The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot.

Beatnoun

The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.

to walk the beat

Strokenoun

A thrust of a piston.

Beatnoun

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

Strokenoun

An act of striking with a weapon

Beatnoun

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

Strokenoun

One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.

the stroke of a bird's wing in flying, or of an oar in rowingthe stroke of a skater, swimmer, etc.

Beatnoun

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

Strokenoun

A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort.

a stroke of genius; a stroke of business; a master stroke of policy

Beatnoun

That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.

the beat of him

Strokenoun

A line drawn with a pen or other writing implement, particularly:

Beatnoun

(dated) A place of habitual or frequent resort.

Strokenoun

The slash, /.

Beatnoun

(archaic) A low cheat or swindler.

a dead beat

Strokenoun

The formal name of the individual horizontal strikethroughs (as in A̶ and A̵).

Beatnoun

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

Strokenoun

(linguistics) A line of a Chinese, Japanese or Korean character.

Beatnoun

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

Strokenoun

A streak made with a brush.

Beatnoun

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

Strokenoun

The time when a clock strikes.

on the stroke of midnight

Beatnoun

A beatnik.

Strokenoun

(swimming) A style, a single movement within a style.

butterfly stroke

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.

Strokenoun

(medicine) The loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.

Beatverb

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

He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque.

Strokenoun

(obsolete) A sudden attack of any disease, especially when fatal; any sudden, severe affliction or calamity.

a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death

Beatverb

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

Strokenoun

(rowing) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided.

Beatverb

(intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.

Strokenoun

(rowing) The rower who is nearest the stern of the boat.

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.

Strokenoun

(professional wrestling) Backstage influence.

Beatverb

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

Strokenoun

(squash) A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.

Beatverb

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

Strokenoun

(sciences) An individual discharge of lightning.

A flash of lightning may be made up of several strokes. If they are separated by enough time for the eye to distinguish them, the lightning will appear to flicker.

Beatverb

To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.

Beat the eggs and whip the cream.

Strokenoun

(obsolete) The result or effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.

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.

Strokenoun

An addition or amendment to a written composition; a touch.

to give some finishing strokes to an essay

Beatverb

(transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.

to beat a retreat; to beat to quarters

Strokenoun

A throb or beat, as of the heart.

Beatverb

To tread, as a path.

Strokenoun

Power; influence.

Beatverb

To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.

Strokenoun

(obsolete) appetite

Beatverb

To be in agitation or doubt.

Strokeverb

(transitive) To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom) along (a surface) in one direction.

Beatverb

To make a sound when struck.

The drums beat.

Strokeverb

To hit the ball with the bat in a flowing motion.

Beatverb

To make a succession of strokes on a drum.

The drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.

Strokeverb

(masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to.

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.

Strokeverb

To row the stroke oar of.

to stroke a boat

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.

Strokenoun

(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand;

it took two strokes to get out of the bunkera good shot require good balance and tempohe left me an almost impossible shot

Beatverb

to masturbate.

This was the second time he beat off today.

Strokenoun

the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam

Beatadjective

exhausted

After the long day, she was feeling completely beat.

Strokenoun

a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain

Beatadjective

dilapidated, beat up

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

Strokenoun

a light touch

Beatadjective

(gay slang) fabulous

Her makeup was beat!

Strokenoun

a light touch with the hands

Beatadjective

(slang) boring

Strokenoun

the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew

Beatadjective

ugly

Strokenoun

a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

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

Strokenoun

a mark made by a writing implement (as in cursive writing)

Beatnoun

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

he could feel the beat of her heart

Strokenoun

any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing

Beatnoun

the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music;

the piece has a fast rhythmthe conductor set the beat

Strokenoun

a single complete movement

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

Strokeverb

touch lightly and with affection, with brushing motions;

He stroked his long beard

Beatnoun

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

Strokeverb

strike a ball with a smooth blow

Beatnoun

the sound of stroke or blow;

he heard the beat of a drum

Strokeverb

row at a particular rate

Beatnoun

(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Strokeverb

treat gingerly or carefully;

You have to stroke the boss

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