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Pillory vs Stockade - What's the difference?

pillory | stockade |

In transitive terms the difference between pillory and stockade

is that pillory is to criticize harshly while stockade is to enclose in a stockade.

pillory

Noun

(pillories)
  • A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.
  • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To put in a pillory.
  • To subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse.
  • To criticize harshly.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=September 24 , author=Aled Williams , title=Chelsea 4 - 1 Swansea , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The breakthrough came through Torres who, pilloried for his miss against Manchester United a week earlier, scored his second goal of the season.}}

    stockade

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia stockade) (en noun)
  • an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
  • (colloquial) a military prison
  • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To enclose in a stockade.