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Punished vs Timeout - What's the difference?

punished | timeout |

As a verb punished

is (punish).

As an adjective punished

is that has been the object of punishment.

As a noun timeout is

timeout.

punished

English

Verb

(head)
  • (punish)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That has been the object of punishment

    • timeout

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (communication) The allowed maximal time for a process to end normally.
    • My connection was so slow that I kept receiving timeouts when trying to view Web pages.
  • (communication) The intentional termination of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.
    • My connection was so slow that I kept receiving timeouts when trying to view Web pages.