different between scourge vs flogger

English

Etymology

From Old French escorgier (“to whip”), from Vulgar Latin excorrigiare, consisting of ex- (“thoroughly”) + corrigia (“thong, whip”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sk??d?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sk?d?/
  • (US, also) IPA^(key): /sk??d?/

• Rhymes: -??(?)d?

Noun

scourge (plural scourges)

1. A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction.

2. A means to inflict such pain or destruction.
3. A whip, often of leather.

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Verb

scourge (third-person singular simple present scourges, present participle scourging, simple past and past participle scourged)

1. To strike with a scourge; to flog.

Synonyms

• (to whip or scourge): Thesaurus:whip

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See also

• Scourge in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “scourge”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• scrouge

English

Etymology

From flog +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fl???/
• (US) IPA^(key): /fl???/

Noun

flogger (plural floggers)

1. One who flogs.
   • 1964, Donald Lemen Clark, John Milton at St. Paul's School

     The High Masters were as shrewd floggers as any.

2. A whip.
   • 1866, Tresham Gilbey, Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (volume 11, page 163)

     But the "Sac" party imagines that if the boy had not dropped his whip, their horse would have won, for he was so partial to his flogger, that the Treasure in all probability would have stopped to it, and Custance been just enabled to do him.

   1. (BDSM) A lightweight whip with multiple lashes.
3. (theater) A handle with strips of cloth attached, used for beating away charcoal dust etc.
   • 2012, Susan Crabtree, ?Peter Beudert, Scenic Art for the Theatre: History, Tools and Techniques (page 303)

     Schlepitchka is a texturing trick done by twirling a feather duster or flogger around gently and dabbing it on the surface of the scenery between each twirl of the tool so that the splayed pattern prints on the scenery.

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