I think it's largely a matter of opinion. Sometimes they are used to mean the same thing. I know people who grew up down south who got spanked with their dad's leather belt. Where I came from, that was called a whooping, but to them, it was just a spanking. Where I'm from, a few hand swats to the butt is a spanking. Getting it with the belt or a paddle is a whooping.
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I think it's largely a matter of opinion. Sometimes they are used to mean the same thing. I know people who grew up down south who got spanked with their dad's leather belt. Where I came from, that was called a whooping, but to them, it was just a spanking. Where I'm from, a few hand swats to the butt is a spanking. Getting it with the belt or a paddle is a whooping.
spanking is milder compared to a whooping. spanking is for discipline, a whooping is a serious beat down with indecent intentions.
everyone knows a whoopin is worse than a sapanking.