Pecuniary vs Punitive - What's the difference?
pecuniary | punitive |
Of, or relating to, money; monetary, financial.
*1858 , (Anthony Trollope), (Doctor Thorne) , Chapter IV:
*:Perhaps the reader will suppose after this that the doctor had some pecuniary interest of his own in arranging the squire's loans; or, at any rate, he will think that the squire must have thought so.
*1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.21:
*:The views of philosophers, with few exceptions, have coincided with the pecuniary interests of their class.
(legal, military) inflicting punishment, punishing
As adjectives the difference between pecuniary and punitive
is that pecuniary is of, or relating to, money; monetary, financial while punitive is inflicting punishment, punishing.pecuniary
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(-)punitive
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(en adjective)- Washington imposed punitive sanctions on Syria.
- The jury awarded $10,000 in punitive damages.