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Punishment vs Sentencing - What's the difference?

punishment | sentencing |

As nouns the difference between punishment and sentencing

is that punishment is the act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction while sentencing is the act of pronouncing a judicial sentence on someone convicted of a crime.

As an adjective sentencing is

relating to a judicial sentence.

As a verb sentencing is

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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)

    Related terms

    * punishable * punisher * punishing * punitive * impunity

    sentencing

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Relating to a judicial sentence.
    • There were no sentencing guidelines for this crime.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of pronouncing a judicial sentence on someone convicted of a crime.
    • After the verdict, the sentencing was not delayed.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 14 , author=Steven Morris , title=Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=Following the sentencing , Knutton said: "What sort of person does something so cold and calculating? I did not expect her to go to jail for it. I am just glad it is now all over."}}
  • (colloquial) The act of creating one or more complete sentences from fragmented thoughts and phrases.
    • He struggled with sentencing his frayed and angry verses from poem to prose.

    Verb

    (head)