sleep deprivation vs torture

torture vs sleep deprivation

sleep deprivation and torture both are nouns.

sleep deprivation is not a verb while torture is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sleep deprivation	Yes	No	No	No
torture	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

sleep deprivation: a form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of sleep
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 sleep deprivation include torturing.

sleep deprivation (noun)	torture (noun)
a form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of sleep	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
	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

sleep deprivation (verb)	torture (verb)
	subject to torture
	torment emotionally or mentally

Difference between sleep deprivation and torture

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