piquet vs torture

torture vs piquet

piquet and torture both are nouns.

piquet is not a verb while torture is a verb.

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

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

piquet: 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 piquet include torturing.

piquet (noun)	torture (noun)
a card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards	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 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 act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
	intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
	extreme mental distress
	unbearable physical pain

piquet (verb)	torture (verb)
	subject to torture
	torment emotionally or mentally

Difference between piquet and torture

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