penalisation vs correction

correction vs penalisation

penalisation and correction both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of penalisation include castigation, chastisement, corporal punishment, cruel and unusual punishment, detention, discipline, economic strangulation, imprisonment, medicine, music, self-punishment, stick, penance, self-abasement, self-mortification.

penalisation (noun)	correction (noun)
the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty	the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
	treatment of a specific defect
	the act of disciplining
	a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
	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 penalisation and correction

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