Rattan vs. Whip — What's the Difference?

Rattan, also spelled ratan, is the name for roughly 600 species of Old World climbing palms belonging to subfamily Calamoideae. The greatest diversity of rattan palm species and genera are in the closed-canopy old-growth tropical forests of Southeast Asia, though they can also be found in other parts of tropical Asia and Africa.

A whip is a tool designed to strike humans or other animals to exert control through pain compliance or fear of pain. They can also be used without inflicting pain, for audiovisual cues, such as in equestrianism.

Any of various spiny climbing palms of the subfamily Calamoideae and especially the genus Calamus of tropical Africa and Asia, having long, tough, flexible stems.

To strike with a strap or rod; lash

The stems of any of these palms, used to make furniture and other wickerwork.

To afflict, castigate, or reprove severely

Wickerwork made of the stems of these palms.

To strike or affect in a manner similar to whipping or lashing

A switch or cane made from these palms.

To arouse or excite, especially with words

Any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus.

To beat (cream or eggs, for example) into a froth or foam.

(uncountable) The plant used as a material for making furniture, baskets etc.

(Informal) To snatch, pull, or remove in a sudden manner

(by extension) A cane made from this material.

To sew with a loose overcast or overhand stitch.

(transitive) To beat with a rattan cane.

To wrap or bind (a rope, for example) with twine to prevent unraveling or fraying.

One of the long slender flexible stems of several species of palms of the genus Calamus, mostly East Indian, though some are African and Australian. They are exceedingly tough, and are used for walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs, cords and cordage, and many other purposes.

(Nautical) To hoist by means of a rope passing through an overhead pulley.

Climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for Malacca canes

(Informal) To defeat soundly

The stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes

To move in a sudden, quick manner; dart

A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms

To move in a manner similar to a whip; thrash or snap about

An instrument, either a flexible rod or a flexible thong or lash attached to a handle, used for driving animals or administering corporal punishment.

A whipping or lashing motion or stroke; a whiplash.

A blow, wound, or cut made by whipping.

Something, such as a long radio antenna on a motor vehicle, that is similar to a whip in form or flexibility.

(Sports) Flexibility, as in the shaft of a golf club

(Sports) A whipper-in.

A member of a legislative body, such as the US Congress or the British Parliament, charged by that member's party with enforcing party discipline and ensuring attendance.

A call issued to party members in a lawmaking body to ensure attendance at a particular time.

A dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream, often with fruit or fruit flavoring

An arm on a windmill.

(Nautical) A hoist consisting of a single rope passing through an overhead pulley.

A ride in an amusement park, consisting of small cars that move in a rapid, whipping motion along an oval track.

A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.

The same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.

A blow administered with a whip.

(hunting) A whipper-in.

(politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes; a whipper-in.

A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing them of upcoming votes in parliament.

The regular status of an MP within a parliamentary party, which can be revoked by the party as a disciplinary measure.

(nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.

A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.

(roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.

A whipping motion; a thrashing about.

The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.

Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion

A spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit

(music) A wippen, a rocking component in certain piano actions.

(historical) A coach driver; a coachman.

(transitive) To hit with a whip.

To hit with any flexible object.

To defeat, as in a contest or game.

(transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.

(transitive) To urge into action or obedience.

To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.

To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.

To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.

To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.

(transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.

(ambitransitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.

(intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.

(intransitive) To move very fast.

(transitive) To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.

To transfer momentum from one skater to another.

(figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.

To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.

To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top.

To punish with a whip, scourge, or rod; to flog; to beat; as, to whip a vagrant; to whip one with thirty nine lashes; to whip a perverse boy.

To apply that which hurts keenly to; to lash, as with sarcasm, abuse, or the like; to apply cutting language to.

To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking; as, to whip wheat.

To beat (eggs, cream, or the like) into a froth, as with a whisk, fork, or the like.

To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass.

To overlay (a cord, rope, or the like) with other cords going round and round it; to overcast, as the edge of a seam; to wrap; - often with about, around, or over.

To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle.

To take or move by a sudden motion; to jerk; to snatch; - with into, out, up, off, and the like.

To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.

To fish (a body of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip.

To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner.

An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a flexible rod.

A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip.

One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread.

A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies.

A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.

A person (as a member of Parliament) appointed to enforce party discipline, and secure the attendance of the members of a Parliament party at any important session, especially when their votes are needed.

A whipping motion; a thrashing about; as, the whip of a tense rope or wire which has suddenly parted; also, the quality of being whiplike or flexible; flexibility; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.

Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion, as a spring in certain electrical devices for making a circuit, or a rocking certain piano actions.

An instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping

A legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline

A dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit

(golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club

A quick blow with a whip

Beat severely with a whip or rod;

Defeat thoroughly;

Thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash;

Strike as if by whipping;

Whip with or as if with a wire whisk;

Subject to harsh criticism;