Difference between Pulsation and Beat

What is the difference between Pulsation and Beat?

Pulsation as a noun is a single beat, throb or vibration while Beat as a noun is a pulsation or throb.

Pulsation

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A single beat, throb or vibration A recurring increase and decrease of some quantity

Beat

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: (gay slang) fabulousexhausted

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To hit; to knock; to pound; to strike.To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel someone in a particular, competitive event.To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.(impersonal): It beats X Y = X cannot understand Y, where Y is an indirect question.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A pulsation or throb.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.A rhythm.The interference between two tones of almost equal frequencyA pause with the camera focused on one shot, often a characters face (often used in screenplays/teleplays).The route of a patrol by a guard or officer as in walk the beat.In newspapering, the primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).A small part of a dramatic play.The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.A beatnik.

Example sentence: I have a mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it.

We hope you now know whether to use Pulsation or Beat in your sentence.

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