Beat
Beat noun - A regular route for a sentry, police officer, or reporter.
Usage example: in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name
Round is a synonym for beat in position topic. In some cases you can use "Round" instead a noun "Beat", when it comes to topics like territory, circuit.
Round
Round noun - A series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order.
Usage example: a busy round of parties during the holiday season
Beat is a synonym for round in position topic. You can use "Beat" instead a noun "Round", if it concerns topics such as course, cycle, territory, circuit.
How words are described
| good | good beat | good round |
| musical | musical beat | musical round |
| nice | nice beat | nice round |
| long | long beat | long round |
| Other adjectives: normal, perfect, standard, original, light, single, simple, heavy, powerful, actual, slow, quick, extra, next, double, last, occasional, different, eighth. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Klassic Jade: Get to Shang Tsung without losing a single round and beat him with a double flawless and kill him with a Fatality.
Source: Video Game / Mortal Kombat 9 - Once there, they beat Australia by 31 points in the first round, Argentina (who was the favorite coming into the Olympics) by 20 in the second round, then faced a rematch with Spain in the finals.
Source: Curb Stomp Battle / Sports - Chris Cheng beat Greg Littlejohn by one grenade launcher round, and it was ultimately revealed he shot the round blindly.
Source: Series / Top Shot
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