Difference between Hit and Strike

What is the difference between Hit and Strike?

Hit as a verb is to administer a blow to. while Strike as a verb is to delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.

Hit

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To administer a blow to. To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly. To manage to touch in the right place. To kill a person on the instructions of a third party. In blackjack, to deal a card to. To come up to bat. To go (somewhere). To begin; to start; to open. To use. To affect negatively. To have sex with. To murder with premeditation for criminal or political purposes.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A blow; a punch. A success, especially in the entertainment industry. An attack on a location, person or people. The result(s) of a search of a computer system or, for example, the entire Internet using a search engine A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server. An approximately correct answer in a test set. The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder's choice. A dose of an illegal or addictive drug. A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.

Example sentence: Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Strike

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.To hit.To stop working to achieve better working conditions.To impress, seem or appear (to).To manufacture, as by stamping.To haul down, or lower a mast, a flag or cargo, etc.To capitulate: to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.(theatrical) To dismantle and take away the set; (strike the set)Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caughtthe act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a framea work stoppagea blow or application of physical force against somethingIn an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.the status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at

Example sentence: If workers are more insecure, that's very 'healthy' for the society, because if workers are insecure, they won't ask for wages, they won't go on strike, they won't call for benefits; they'll serve the masters gladly and passively. And that's optimal for corporations' economic health.

We hope you now know whether to use Hit or Strike in your sentence.

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