Punish vs Scourge - What's the difference?
punish | scourge | Synonyms |
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.
(uncountable) A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction.
A means to inflict such pain or destruction.
* Shakespeare
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A whip, often of leather.
* Chapman
To strike with a scourge , to flog.
Punish is a synonym of scourge.
As verbs the difference between punish and scourge
is that punish is to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action while scourge is to strike with a scourge , to flog.As a noun scourge is
(uncountable) a source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction.punish
English
Verb
(es)Synonyms
* (to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct ) castigateDerived terms
* punishable * punisher (noun ) * punishment (noun ) * (l) and (l) (through portmanteau with (etyl) )External links
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* 1000 English basic wordsscourge
English
Noun
- What scourge for perjury / Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?
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- Up to coach then goes / The observed maid, takes both the scourge and reins.