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Grounded vs Punish - What's the difference?

grounded | punish |

As verbs the difference between grounded and punish

is that grounded is past tense of ground while punish is to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action.

As an adjective grounded

is not allowed to fly.

grounded

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (aviation, of an airman) Not allowed to fly.
  • (of a person, predicative) Confined to stay inside, typically by a parent, as a punishment.
  • (of a person) Mature]], sensible with well-considered [[priority, priorities.
  • (electricity, North America) Of or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (ground)
  • Anagrams

    * *

    punish

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action.
  • To cause great harm to. (a punishing blow )
  • To dumb down severely or to the point of uselessness or near-uselessness.
  • Synonyms

    * (to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct ) castigate

    Derived terms

    * punishable * punisher (noun ) * punishment (noun ) * (l) and (l) (through portmanteau with (etyl) )