social control vs corrections

corrections vs social control

social control and corrections both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
social control	Yes	No	No	No
corrections	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, corrections is a hyponym of social control; that is, corrections is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than social control:

social control: control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
corrections: the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole

Other hyponyms of social control include auto limitation, sanction, population control, administration, governance, governing, government, government activity, enforcement, domination, acculturation, enculturation, socialisation, socialization, duty, obligation, responsibility, military control, occupation, direction, management, deprivation, privation, appeasement, calming, communisation, communization, nationalisation, nationalization, denationalisation, denationalization, privatisation, privatization, detribalisation, detribalization, discrimination, favoritism, favouritism, patronage, militarisation, militarization, mobilisation, mobilization, demobilisation, demobilization, normalisation, normalization, standardisation, standardization, penalisation, penalization, penalty, punishment.

social control (noun)	corrections (noun)
control exerted (actively or passively) by group action	the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole
	the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders

Difference between social control and corrections

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