Tax vs Torment - What's the difference?

Tax is a related term of torment.

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between tax and torment

is that tax is (obsolete) a lesson to be learned while torment is (obsolete) a catapult or other kind of war-engine.

In lang=en terms the difference between tax and torment

is that tax is to make excessive demands on while torment is to cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex'' but weaker than ''to torture ).

As nouns the difference between tax and torment

is that tax is money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services while torment is (obsolete) a catapult or other kind of war-engine.

As verbs the difference between tax and torment

is that tax is to impose and collect a tax from (a person) while torment is to cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex'' but weaker than ''to torture ).

tax

English

(wikipedia tax)

Noun

Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.

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A burdensome demand.

a heavy tax on time or health

A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.

(obsolete) charge; censure

(Clarendon)

(obsolete) A lesson to be learned.

(Johnson)

Synonyms

* (money paid to government) impost, tribute, contribution, duty, toll, rate, assessment. exaction, custom, demand, levy

Antonyms

* (money paid to government) subsidy

Hyponyms

(types of taxes) * church tax * corporation tax * duty * estate tax * excise * excise tax * gift tax * goods and services tax * gross receipts tax * head tax * income tax * inheritance tax * land tax * poll tax * property tax * personal property tax * real property tax * sales tax * sin tax * sumptuary tax * transfer tax * use tax * utilities tax * value added tax

Coordinate terms

(other government revenues) * fine * license fee * penalty * seignorage * user charge

Derived terms

* tax collector * tax haven * tax hike * taxman * tax free * tax rise * taxes due * taxpayer

Verb

(es)

To impose and collect a tax from (a person).

Some think to tax the wealthy is the fairest.

To impose and collect a tax on (something).

Some think to tax wealth is destructive of a private sector.

To make excessive demands on.

* Do not tax my patience.

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Derived terms

* taxable * taxation

torment

English

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A catapult or other kind of war-engine.

Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.

Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.

He was bitter from the torments of the divorce system.

* Bible, Matthew iv. 24

They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments .

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* tormentous

Verb

(en verb)

To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex'' but weaker than ''to torture. )

The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.

* 2013 , Phil McNulty, " Man City 4-1 Man Utd", BBC Sport , 22 September 2013:

Moyes, who never won a derby at Liverpool in 11 years as Everton manager, did not find the Etihad any more forgiving as City picked United apart in midfield, where Toure looked in a different class to United's £27.5m new boy Marouane Fellaini, and in defence as Aguero tormented Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand.

Derived terms

* tormentor