flagellate vs whiplash

flagellate

verb
  • To whip or scourge. 

  • Of a spermatozoon, to move its tail back and forth. 

adj
  • Resembling a whip. 

  • Having flagella. 

noun
  • Any organism that has flagella. 

whiplash

verb
  • To lash as if with a whip. 

  • To jerk back and forth; to buffet. 

noun
  • The lash of a whip. 

  • An injury to the upper spine connected to a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction, resembling the motion of a whip. 

  • An abrupt and unexpected change, or the resulting feeling of shock. 

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