Punishment vs Execution - What's the difference?
punishment | execution |
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
The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
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The state of being executed (accomplished).
The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
(legal) The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
(legal) The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
(computing) The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer.
As nouns the difference between punishment and execution
is that punishment is the act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction while execution is execution.punishment
English
Noun
(en noun)- a vehicle that can take a lot of punishment
Synonyms
* castigation * punition * beatingAntonyms
* rewardHyponyms
* retributionDerived terms
* corporal punishment * mirror punishment * (l)execution
English
Noun
(en noun)- The battle plan was successfully executed .
- The entire machine slowed down during the execution of the virus checker .
- Whenever the matrix inversion function executed the program crashed.
