penalise vs put to death

penalise and put to death both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
penalise	No	No	Yes	No
put to death	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, put to death is a hyponym of penalise; that is, put to death is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than penalise:

penalise: impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
put to death: kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment

Other hyponyms of penalise include avenge, retaliate, revenge, tar-and-feather, execute, pillory, castigate, amerce, victimise, victimize, scourge, correct, discipline, sort out.

penalise (verb)	put to death (verb)
impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on	kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment

penalise vs put to death

penalise and put to death both are verbs.

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