Instruct vs Punish - What's the difference?
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(label) to teach by giving instructions
(label) to direct; to order (usage note : "instruct" is less forceful than "order", but weightier than "advise")
(label) arranged; furnished; provided
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(label) instructed; taught; enlightened
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.
Instruct is a related term of punish.
As verbs the difference between instruct and punish
is that instruct is (label) to teach by giving instructions while punish is to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action.As a noun instruct
is (label) instruction.As an adjective instruct
is (label) arranged; furnished; provided.instruct
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