picket vs torture

torture vs picket

picket and torture both are nouns.

picket and torture both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
picket	Yes	No	Yes	No
torture	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, torture is a hypernym of picket; that is, torture is a word with a broader meaning than picket:

picket: a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake
torture: the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason

Other hypernyms of picket include torturing.

picket (noun)	torture (noun)
a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake	the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
a wooden strip forming part of a fence	the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
a vehicle performing sentinel duty	intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack	extreme mental distress
a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work	unbearable physical pain
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

picket (verb)	torture (verb)
fasten with a picket	subject to torture
serve as pickets or post pickets	torment emotionally or mentally

Difference between picket and torture

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