Warning vs Punishment - What's the difference?
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The action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone.
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, title= Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.
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, title= Used to warn of danger in signs and notices.
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
As nouns the difference between warning and punishment
is that warning is the action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone while punishment is the act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction.As a verb warning
is present participle of lang=en.As an interjection warning
is used to warn of danger in signs and notices.warning
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”}}
Snakes and ladders, passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.}}
Derived terms
* warning signInterjection
warning!punishment
English
Noun
(en noun)- a vehicle that can take a lot of punishment