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Penalty vs Criticism - What's the difference?

penalty | criticism |

As nouns the difference between penalty and criticism

is that penalty is while criticism is the act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a critique; animadversion; censure.

penalty

English

(wikipedia penalty)

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(penalties)
  • A legal sentence.
    • The penalty for his crime was to do hard labor.
  • A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
  • * 1900', , Chapter I,
    • Was it so irreconcilable, Warwick wondered, as still to peal out the curfew bell, which at nine o'clock at night had clamorously warned all negroes, slave or free, that it was unlawful for them to be abroad after that hour, under penalty of imprisonment or whipping?
  • (finance) A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.
  • (football) A direct free kick from the penalty spot, taken after a defensive foul in the penalty box; a penalty kick.
  • (ice hockey) A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time.
    • A penalty was called when he tripped up his opponent.

    Related terms

    * penal * penality (rare)

    Derived terms

    * penalty arc * penalty box * penalty kick * penalty area * penalty phase * penalty shot * penalty shoot-out * penalty spot

    See also

    * free kick

    Anagrams

    * ----

    criticism

    English

    (wikipedia criticism)

    Noun

  • The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a critique; animadversion; censure.
    • The politician received a lot of public criticism for his controversial stance on the issue.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1874, author=Thomas Hardy, title=Far From the Madding Crowd, publisher=Barnes & Noble Classics (2005 publication of 1912 Wessex edition), page=276,
    • passage=Her attitude was that of a person who listens, either to the external world of sound, or to the discourse of thought. A close criticism might have detected signs proving that she was intent on the latter alternative.}}

    Derived terms

    * self-criticism * constructive criticism * destructive criticism * literary criticism

    Related terms

    * critic * criticise * critical

    References

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