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What is the difference between beat and defeat ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between beat and defeat ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Beat (a beating) refers to violent strikes from a person or animal which conflicts pain onto another person or animal.
Beat can also refer to beating someone in a game, though you can also use defeat in this situation. ‘I defeated him in League of Legends.’
‘I beat him at League of Legends.’ (Verb)
Beat also refers to a rhythmic unit in music or poetry. ‘I was listening to the beat of the song.’ (Noun)
Defeat is a victory over another in battle or contest, to overcome, defeat, or beat something or someone. (Beat, vanquish, conquer) (Verb)
To cause something or someone to fail is also an example of beating or defeating.
In certain situations you can use either one because they are synonyms of each other, meaning they both mean similar things.
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