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Spanking vs Discipline - What's the difference?

spanking | discipline |

As verbs the difference between spanking and discipline

is that spanking is while discipline is .

As a noun spanking

is a form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks.

As an adjective spanking

is fast and energetic.

As an adverb spanking

is an intensifier.

spanking

Verb

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  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks.
  • Domestic spanking''' is often endured over the knee (or lap), formal ' spanking rather applied over a contraption such as a tresle or A-frame, with or without constraints
  • An incident of such punishment, or such physical act in a non-punitive context, such as a birthday spanking.
  • * 2001 , John Rosemond, John Rosemond's New Parent Power!?
  • Some people think spankings of any sort constitute child abuse.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Fast and energetic.
  • a spanking pace
  • * (James Joyce)
  • I'd like nothing better this minute, said Mr Browne stoutly, than a rattling fine walk in the country or a fast drive with a good spanking goer between the shafts.
  • (often, nautical) Brisk and fresh.
  • a spanking breeze
  • remarkable of its kind.
  • a spanking good time

    Synonyms

    * striking

    Adverb

    (-)
  • An intensifier.
  • brand spanking new

    discipline

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A controlled behaviour; self-control.
  • * Rogers
  • The most perfect, who have their passions in the best discipline , are yet obliged to be constantly on their guard.
  • An enforced compliance or control.
  • * '>citation
  • A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
  • * C. J. Smith
  • Discipline aims at the removal of bad habits and the substitution of good ones, especially those of order, regularity, and obedience.
  • A state of order based on submission to authority.
  • * Dryden
  • Their wildness lose, and, quitting nature's part, / Obey the rules and discipline of art.
  • A punishment to train or maintain control.
  • * Addison
  • giving her the discipline of the strap
  • A set of rules regulating behaviour.
  • A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
  • A specific branch of knowledge or learning.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Boundary problems , passage=Economics is a messy discipline : too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.}}
    (Bishop Wilkins)
  • A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
  • Synonyms

    * (branch or category) field, sphere * (punishment) penalty, sanction

    Antonyms

    * spontaneity

    Derived terms

    * academic discipline

    Verb

    (disciplin)
  • To train someone by instruction and practice.
  • To teach someone to obey authority.
  • To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
  • To impose order on someone.
  • Synonyms

    * drill