Difference between Lap Up and Lick

LAP UP vs LICK: NOUN

A stroke of the tongue in licking.
A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied.
The act or process of licking.
An amount obtained by licking.
A small quantity; a bit.
A deposit of exposed natural salt that is licked by passing animals.
A sudden hard stroke; a blow.
An attempt; a try.
Speed; pace.
A phrase improvised by a soloist, especially on the guitar or banjo.
A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; -- often, but not always, near salt springs. Called also salt lick.
Touching with the tongue
(boxing) a blow with the fist
A salt deposit that animals regularly lick
An aberration of the appetite, with a morbid desire to eat foreign substances having no food value, which attacks nearly all the domestic animals. In the ox it is called pica, in the sheep wool-eating, etc.
A rubbing or drawing of the tongue over something.
A slight smear or coat, as of paint.
A small quantity; as much as can be taken up by the tongue: as, a lick of sugar or of oatmeal.
A place where salt is deposited at salt-springs, and where animals come, or might come, to lick it.
A blow; a stroke; hence, a trial or essay.
Plural A beating.
A slap; a quick stroke.

To take all of by licking; to devour; to consume entirely.
To fawn upon.
To give proper form to; -- from a notion that the bear's cubs are born shapeless and subsequently formed by licking.
To be slain; to fall in battle.
To lap; to take in with the tongue.
To draw or pass the tongue over.
To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter.

Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
To tear along; ride at full gallop.
To pass or draw the tongue over the surface of; rub with the tongue.
To take into the mouth by lapping with the tongue; lap.
To strike repeatedly by way of punishment; flog; chastise with blows; beat.
Hence To “beat” or overcome; gain a victory over; surpass; excel.
In mech.: To catch and retain (fiber), as the rollers of drawing-frames in a damp atmosphere.
To lap or scoop up; wipe off or transfer by intermittent contact, as in the device for lubrication called a licker.
To take up gradually and feed (fiber) into a carding-machine: said of the action of the card called the licker-in.
To gain the victory; be victorious: as, who licked?
To prostrate one's self on the ground in token of utter submission; act abjectly and servilely.
(idiom) (lick and a promise) A superficial effort made without care or enthusiasm.
(idiom) (lick into shape) To bring into satisfactory condition or appearance.
(idiom) (lick (one's) chops) To anticipate delightedly.
(idiom) (lick (one's) wounds) To recuperate after a defeat.
(idiom) (lick (someone's) boots) To behave in a servile or obsequious manner toward someone.

Gippy, Grandfather clock, Won ton, Paper towel, Tommys, Scooby, Dumpty, Fittin, Johnnys, Beer bottle, Pooky, Pizzle, Dizz, Fella, Lap

Suck, Kiss, Puzzle out, Figure out, Lap, Work, Solve, Drub, Bat, Thrash, Punch, Biff, Salt lick, Clobber, Poke

Nicknamed, Practical joke, Rubby, Beach towel, Twinkletoes, Sad sack, Backseat driver, Gippy, Won ton, Paper towel, Scooby, Fittin, Beer bottle, Pooky, Fella

Thrashing, Beat, Glue, Spittle, Stick, Suck, Kiss, Puzzle out, Figure out, Work, Solve, Bat, Punch, Clobber, Poke

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He meant for us to hold our sweating heads over the fountain and lap up His life with unquenchable thirst.
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Water leaks from the tank and below, livestock gather to lap up the precious drops.
Waves lap up on the shore, birds chirp, and dragons roar off in the distance.
As they melt, the cats can lap up the water.
Dealers lap up whatever small lots whenever they get their hands on them.
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Their tongues actually split in two to lap up the nectar.

The Lick estate still owned the southwest portion of the rancho and there developed the Lick Tract, which later became a part of Hollywood.
There is a splendid big hot spring which pours into the creek, and a big lick even larger than the Colgate Lick.
But how do I know what to lick and what not to lick?
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Find the person in the group who was born closest to your time of birth and lick their face or let them lick yours.
French Lick Cabins at Patoka Lake Village, French Lick.
Dogs that lick something new or unpleasant can develop a funny taste in their mouth and lick their lips.
Lick, and James Morrison, owner of the lick, had a stone house up the Femme Osage.
Lick your fingers, lick the bowl, lick the table even, they promise not to judge.