Difference between Thrash and Lick

What is the difference between Thrash and Lick?

Thrash as a verb is to beat mercilessly. while Lick as a verb is to stroke with the tongue.

Thrash

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To beat mercilessly. To defeat utterly. To thresh. To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result. In computer architecture, to cause poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A beat or blow; the sound of beating. A particularly aggressive and intense form of heavy metal music with a focus on speed, technical precision, and alternate picking.

Lick

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To stroke with the tongue.To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.To overcome.To perform cunnilingus.To do anything partially.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of licking.The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.A stroke or blow.A bit.A short motif.speed. In this sense it is always qualified by good, or fair or a similar adjective.

Example sentence: We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them.

We hope you now know whether to use Thrash or Lick in your sentence.

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