correction vs penalty

penalty vs correction

correction and penalty both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
correction	Yes	No	No	No
penalty	Yes	No	No	No

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

correction: the act of disciplining
penalty: the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty

Other hypernyms of correction include penalisation, penalization, punishment.

correction (noun)	penalty (noun)
the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right	the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty
treatment of a specific defect	the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition
the act of disciplining	(games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game
a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases	a payment required for not fulfilling a contract
a rebuke for making a mistake
something substituted for an error
a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure

Difference between correction and penalty

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