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Punishment vs Correction - What's the difference?

punishment | correction |

As nouns the difference between punishment and correction

is that punishment is the act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction while correction is the act of correcting.

punishment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.
  • A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
  • A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution
  • (figuratively) Any treatment or experience so harsh it feels like being punished; rough handling
    • a vehicle that can take a lot of punishment

    Synonyms

    * castigation * punition * beating

    Antonyms

    * reward

    Hyponyms

    * retribution

    Derived terms

    * corporal punishment * mirror punishment * (l)

    Related terms

    * punishable * punisher * punishing * punitive * impunity

    correction

    English

    Alternative forms

    * correxion (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of correcting.
  • A substitution for an error or mistake.
  • Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
  • An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
  • A decline in a stock market price after a large rise.

    • Derived terms

    * correction centre, correction center * correction fluid * hypercorrection