social control vs penalty

penalty vs social control

social control and penalty both are nouns.

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

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

social control: control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
penalty: the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty

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, punishment, corrections.

social control (noun)	penalty (noun)
control exerted (actively or passively) by group action	the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty
	the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition
	(games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game
	a payment required for not fulfilling a contract

Difference between social control and penalty

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