As verbs the difference between minish and punish
is that minish is (archaic) to lessen or cause to seem to be less while punish is to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action.
minish
English
Verb
(archaic) To lessen or cause to seem to be less.
Synonyms
* (lessen) (l), (l), (l), (l)
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
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