corporal punishment vs penalty

corporal punishment and penalty both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
corporal punishment	Yes	No	No	No
penalty	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, penalty is a hypernym of corporal punishment; that is, penalty is a word with a broader meaning than corporal punishment:

corporal punishment: the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
penalty: the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty

Other hypernyms of corporal punishment include penalisation, penalization, punishment.

corporal punishment (noun)	penalty (noun)
the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime	the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty
	the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition
	(games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game
	a payment required for not fulfilling a contract