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Punishment vs Accolade - What's the difference?

punishment | accolade |

As nouns the difference between punishment and accolade

is that punishment is the act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction while accolade is an expression of approval; praise.

As a verb accolade is

to embrace or kiss in salutation.

punishment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.
  • A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
  • A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution
  • (figuratively) Any treatment or experience so harsh it feels like being punished; rough handling
  • a vehicle that can take a lot of punishment

    Synonyms

    * castigation * punition * beating

    Antonyms

    * reward

    Hyponyms

    * retribution

    Derived terms

    * corporal punishment * mirror punishment * (l)

    accolade

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An expression of approval; praise.
  • A special acknowledgment; an award.
  • An embrace of greeting or salutation.
  • (historical) A salutation marking the conferring of knighthood, consisting of an embrace or a kiss, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat of a sword.
  • (music) A brace used to join two or more staves.
  • (US, military) Written Presidential certificate recognizing service by personnel who died or were wounded in action between 1917 and 1918, or who died in service between 1941 and 1947, or died of wounds received in Korea between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954. Service of civilians who died overseas or as a result of injury or disease contracted while serving in a civilian capacity with the United States Armed Forces during the dates and/or in areas prescribed is in like manner recognized.
  • Synonyms

    * (expression of approval or praise) panegyric

    References

    * (4) http://www.afms1.belvoir.army.mil/dictionary/a.htm
  • accolade
  • Verb

    (accolad)
  • To embrace or kiss in salutation.
  • (historical) To confer a knighthood on.
  • To confer praise or awards on.
  • an accoladed novel
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