As verbs the difference between mandate and punish
is that mandate is to authorize while punish is to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action.
As a noun mandate
is an official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
mandate
Noun
(
en noun)
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
Verb
(mandat)
to authorize
to make mandatory
Derived terms
* mandatary
* mandator
* mandatory
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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) )
Related terms
* pain
External links
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