Strike & hit?

Difference between hit and strike:

‘Strike’ and ‘hit’ both momentum, different masses different velocities, overall same deal except a car hits you and a snake strikes you. Hit: Strike with a blow or a missile of a moving body example is the plane hit the ground or hit the window with the ball.
Strike: an attack especially from the air.


You can ‘hit’ the ball with the bat, or if you swing and miss, it is a ‘strike’.
‘Strike’ is longer You ‘hit’ or miss, but you only ‘strike’ and never unstrike. ‘Hit’ is when a movie makes it big and ‘strike’ is when the union employees would not work. Hope it helps :) ‘Hit’ is nothing but it is a word. For example if you want to hit a ball means you should use more energy but when we come to strike in the game caroms, we should strike the carom coins, meaning less energy is applicable for this purpose It all depends on the context or how one uses the word in a sentence. English language is quite confusing and most words have multiple meanings. You can hit or strike a person And you can take a hit off a cigarette but not strike. You can strike a match but not hit it. You can hit a ball, but if you miss it you have taken a strike.

Difference between beat and hit:
'Beat' can mean 'hit repeatedly'.



To strike is to hit: he struck the policeman with a bottle; the car ran out of control and struck a tree; the ship sank after it struck a mine; he must have died when his head struck the pavement; the tree was struck by lightning.

To beat is to strike repeatedly, to hit hard several times. That's what we often do with eggs when we stir them vigorously: beat the eggs and sugar together.

(from http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic12370.html#34943)