picket vs torturing

torturing vs picket

picket and torturing both are nouns.

picket is not an adjective while torturing is an adjective.

picket is a verb but torturing is not a verb.

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

As nouns, torturing is a hypernym of picket; that is, torturing 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
torturing: 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 torture.

picket (noun)	torturing (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
a vehicle performing sentinel duty
a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

picket (adjective)	torturing (adjective)
	extremely painful

picket (verb)	torturing (verb)
fasten with a picket
serve as pickets or post pickets

Difference between picket and torturing

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