Intimidate vs Punish - What's the difference?
intimidate | punish |
To make timid or fearful; to inspire or affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.
To impress, amaze, excite or induce extraordinary affection in others toward oneself.
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.
As verbs the difference between intimidate and punish
is that intimidate is to make timid or fearful; to inspire or affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash while punish is to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action.intimidate
English
Verb
(intimidat)- He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.
