challenge vs gantlet

gantlet vs challenge

challenge and gantlet both are nouns.

challenge is a verb but gantlet is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
challenge	Yes	No	Yes	No
gantlet	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, gantlet is a hyponym of challenge; that is, gantlet is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than challenge:

challenge: a call to engage in a contest or fight
gantlet: to offer or accept a challenge

Other hyponyms of challenge include dare, daring, confrontation, call-out, defiance, calling into question, demand for explanation, demand for identification, gauntlet.

challenge (noun)	gantlet (noun)
a call to engage in a contest or fight	a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim
questioning a statement and demanding an explanation	the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times
a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror	a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
a demand by a sentry for a password or identification	a glove with long sleeve
a demanding or stimulating situation	to offer or accept a challenge

challenge (verb)	gantlet (verb)
issue a challenge to
take exception to
raise a formal objection in a court of law
ask for identification

Difference between challenge and gantlet

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