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imprisonment vs penalisation

penalisation vs imprisonment

imprisonment and penalisation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
imprisonment Yes No No No
penalisation Yes No No No
As nouns, penalisation is a hypernym of imprisonment; that is, penalisation is a word with a broader meaning than imprisonment:
  • imprisonment: putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
  • penalisation: the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty
Other hypernyms of imprisonment include penalization, penalty, punishment.
imprisonment (noun) penalisation (noun)
the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty
putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
the state of being imprisoned
Difference between imprisonment and penalisation

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