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bastinado vs torture

torture vs bastinado

bastinado and torture both are nouns.

bastinado and torture both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bastinado Yes No Yes No
torture Yes No Yes No
As nouns, torture is a hypernym of bastinado; that is, torture is a word with a broader meaning than bastinado:
  • bastinado: a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels
  • torture: the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
Other hypernyms of bastinado include torturing.
bastinado (noun) torture (noun)
a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
extreme mental distress
unbearable physical pain
bastinado (verb) torture (verb)
beat somebody on the soles of the feet subject to torture
torment emotionally or mentally
Difference between bastinado and torture

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