Flog vs. Log

Flog vs. Log — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Flog and Log

Flogverb

(transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment.

Lognoun

The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.

They walked across the stream on a fallen log.

Flogverb

(transitive) To use something to extreme; to abuse.

Lognoun

Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.

Flogverb

To sell.

Lognoun

Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.

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Flogverb

To steal something.

Lognoun

(nautical) A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.

Flogverb

To defeat easily or convincingly.

Lognoun

(figuratively) A blockhead; a very stupid person.

Flogverb

To overexploit (land), as by overgrazing, overstocking, etc.

Lognoun

A longboard.

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Flogverb

(theater) To beat away charcoal dust etc. using a flogger.

Lognoun

(figuratively) A rolled cake with filling.

Flognoun

A contemptible, often arrogant person; a wanker.

Lognoun

(mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.

Flognoun

(internet slang) A weblog designed to look authentic, but actually developed as part of a commercial marketing strategy to promote some product or service.

Lognoun

(vulgar) A piece of feces.

Flogverb

beat severely with a whip or rod;

The teacher often flogged the studentsThe children were severely trounced

Lognoun

A logbook, or journal of a vessel (or aircraft)'s progress

Flogverb

beat with a cane

Lognoun

A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.

Lognoun

(computer science) Specifically, an append-only sequence of records written to disk

Lognoun

A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ⅓{{nbsp}}L).

Lognoun

logarithm.

To multiply two numbers, add their logs.

Logverb

(transitive) To cut trees into logs.

Logverb

(transitive) To cut down (trees).

Logverb

(intransitive) To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.

Logverb

(transitive) To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook.

to log the miles travelled by a ship

Logverb

(transitive) To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook

Logverb

(transitive) To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by chip log.

Lognoun

a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches

Lognoun

large log at the back of a hearth fire

Lognoun

the exponent required to produce a given number

Lognoun

a written record of messages sent or received;

they kept a log of all transmission by the radio stationan email log

Lognoun

a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)

Lognoun

measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water

Logverb

enter into a log, as on ships and planes

Logverb

cut lumber, as in woods and forests