As nouns the difference between tapping and punishment
is that
tapping is an act of making a light hit or strike against something while
punishment is the act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.
As a verb tapping
is .
tapping English
Noun
( wikipedia tapping)
( en noun)
An act of making a light hit or strike against something.
*1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 20
*:As he was speaking there was a soft tapping at the door. I went over and opened it...
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=June 26, author=Alastair Macaulay, title=Leading the Audience Into Flamenco’s Heart, work=New York Times citation
, passage=She has rapid and powerful footwork, but she doesn’t wow you with any special trills or woodpecker tappings . }}
(music) A guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard
Verb
(head)
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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
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