cruel and unusual punishment vs penalty

cruel and unusual punishment and penalty both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cruel and unusual punishment	Yes	No	No	No
penalty	Yes	No	No	No

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

cruel and unusual punishment: punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. Constitution; includes torture or degradation or punishment too severe for the crime committed
penalty: the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty

Other hypernyms of cruel and unusual punishment include penalisation, penalization, punishment.

cruel and unusual punishment (noun)	penalty (noun)
punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. Constitution; includes torture or degradation or punishment too severe for the crime committed	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

cruel and unusual punishment vs penalty

cruel and unusual punishment and penalty both are nouns.

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