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Rehabilitation vs Punishment - What's the difference?

rehabilitation | punishment |

As nouns the difference between rehabilitation and punishment

is that rehabilitation is rehabilitation while punishment is the act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.

rehabilitation

English

Noun

  • The process of rehabilitating something.
  • * August 16 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " Swansea upstage Manchester United in Louis van Gaal’s Premier League bow," guardian.co.uk :
  • Maybe now it should be clearer why Louis van Gaal has been telling anyone who cares to listen they should not be surprised if Manchester United’s rehabilitation takes longer than they would ideally like.

    See also

    * rehab

    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)