penalty vs cruel and unusual punishment

cruel and unusual punishment vs penalty

penalty and cruel and unusual punishment both are nouns.

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

As nouns, cruel and unusual punishment is a hyponym of penalty; that is, cruel and unusual punishment is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than penalty:

penalty: the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty
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

Other hyponyms of penalty include castigation, chastisement, corporal punishment, detention, correction, discipline, economic strangulation, imprisonment, medicine, music, self-punishment, stick, penance, self-abasement, self-mortification.

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

Difference between penalty and cruel and unusual punishment

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