penalize vs put to death

penalize and put to death both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

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

penalize vs put to death

penalize and put to death both are verbs.

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