Rash vs. Lash: What's the Difference?

Resulting from or acting with ill-considered haste or boldness.

A stroke or blow with or as if with a whip.

A visible lesion or group of lesions on the skin, caused by any of numerous factors including infectious agents, drugs, and allergies.

A whip.

An outbreak of many instances within a brief period

The flexible portion of a whip, such as a plait or thong.

Acting too quickly without considering the consequences and risks; not careful; hasty.

Punishment administered with a whip.

Of corn or other grains: so dry as to fall out of the ear with handling.

A lacerating presence or power

Requiring swift action; pressing; urgent.

A caustic verbal attack.

Taking effect quickly and strongly; fast-acting.

An eyelash.

(archaic) rashly

To strike with or as if with a whip.

An area of inflamed and irritated skin characterized by reddened spots that may be filled with fluid or pus; also, preceded by a descriptive word , an illness characterized by a type of rash.

To strike against with force or violence

(figuratively)

To beat or swing rapidly

An irregular distribution or sprinkling of objects resembling a rash (sense 1).

To make a scathing oral or written attack against.

An outbreak or surge in problems; a spate, string, or trend.

To drive or goad; sting

(historical) Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: a fabric with a smooth texture woven from silk, worsted, or a mixture of the two, intended as an inferior substitute for silk.

To move swiftly or violently; thrash

(obsolete) A soft crackling or rustling sound.

To aim a sudden blow; strike

(transitive)

To beat; flail

To forcefully move or push (someone or something) in a certain direction.

To make a scathing verbal or written attack. Often used with out

To break (something) forcefully; to smash.

To secure or bind, as with a rope, cord, or chain.

To emit or issue (something) hastily.

The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

(rare) Usually followed by up: to prepare (something) with haste; to cobble together, to improvise.

(obsolete) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.

(intransitive)

A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough, often given as a punishment.

To move forcefully, hastily, or suddenly; to dash, to rush.

A quick and violent sweeping movement, as of an animal's tail; a swish.

Of rain: to fall heavily.

A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.

Chiefly followed by against, at, or upon: to collide or hit.

A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.

Chiefly followed by away, down, off, out, etc.: to pluck, pull, or rip (something) violently.

In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.

To hack, slash, or slice (something).

An attempt; a go at something.

(rare) Chiefly followed by out: to scrape or scratch (something); to obliterate.

Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).

To pull off or pluck violently.

(transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.

To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice.

(transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.

To prepare with haste.

(transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.

A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation.

(transitive) To scold; or to satirize; to censure with severity.

An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.

(intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.

Sudden in action; quick; hasty.

(intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.

Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.

To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.

Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander.

(transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.

Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.

(obsolete) Remiss, lax.

So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.

(obsolete) Relaxed.

Any red eruption of the skin

Soft, watery, wet.

A series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences;

(Ulster) Excellent, wonderful.

Imprudently incurring risk;

(Britain) Drunk.

Marked by unthinking boldness; with defiant disregard for danger or consequences;

The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.

A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes.

A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.

A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.

In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.

To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.

To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail.

To throw out with a jerk or quickly.

To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.

To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language.

To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten; as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's back.

Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

Leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip

A quick blow with a whip

Beat severely with a whip or rod;

Lash or flick about sharply;

Strike as if by whipping;

Bind with a rope, chain, or cord;