challenge vs gauntlet

gauntlet vs challenge

challenge and gauntlet both are nouns.

challenge is a verb but gauntlet is not a verb.

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

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

challenge: a call to engage in a contest or fight
gauntlet: 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, gantlet.

challenge (noun)	gauntlet (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	a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror	a glove with long sleeve
a demand by a sentry for a password or identification	to offer or accept a challenge
a demanding or stimulating situation

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

Difference between challenge and gauntlet

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