different between flagellation vs flatulence

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?flæd???le???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Etymology 1

From French flagellation, from Latin flagellatio, from flagellare, from flagellum, diminutive of flagrum (“whip”).

Noun

flagellation (countable and uncountable, plural flagellations)

1. A beating consisting of lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as a whipping or scourging.

Related terms

• flagellant, flagellantism
• flogging
• self-flagellation

Etymology 2

From flagellum (“elongated filiform appendage”), itself a diminutive of Latin flagrum (“whip”), closely related to etymology 1.

Noun

flagellation (plural flagellations)

1. (botany) The formation by plants of flagella, or their arrangement

Derived terms

• deflagellation
• reflagellation

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

English

Etymology

From French flatulence, ultimately from Latin fl? (“breathe, blow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?flæt???l?ns/
• Hyphenation: flat?u?lence
• Rhymes: -æt??l?ns

Noun

flatulence (countable and uncountable, plural flatulences)

1. The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.
2. The release of such gas; breaking wind.

Usage notes

A formal Latinate term, used in medical and scientific discourse, but also euphemistically to avoid crude terms such as fart. Compare excrement.

Coordinate terms

• queef

Derived terms

• vaginal flatulence

Related terms

• See also Thesaurus:flatulence
• afflatus

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fla.ty.l??s/

Noun

flatulence f (plural flatulences)

1. flatulence

Further reading

• “flatulence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).