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Punishing vs Punished - What's the difference?

punishing | punished |

As verbs the difference between punishing and punished

is that punishing is while punished is (punish).

As adjectives the difference between punishing and punished

is that punishing is that inflicts punishment while punished is that has been the object of punishment.

As a noun punishing

is punishment.

punishing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That inflicts punishment
  • arduous, gruelling

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • punishment
  • * 2011 , Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology (page 303)
    • We may not be convinced that God is as involved in historical punishings as the prophet claims, and we may have a strong negative reaction to the claims made for how God acts

    punished

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (punish)

    • Adjective

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