penalty vs discipline

discipline vs penalty

penalty and discipline both are nouns.

penalty is not a verb while discipline is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
penalty	Yes	No	No	No
discipline	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

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

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

penalty (noun)	discipline (noun)
the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty	training to improve strength or self-control
the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition	the act of disciplining
(games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game	the trait of being well behaved
a payment required for not fulfilling a contract	a branch of knowledge
	a system of rules of conduct or method of practice

penalty (verb)	discipline (verb)
	punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
	develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control

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