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torture vs bastinado

bastinado vs torture

torture and bastinado both are nouns.

torture and bastinado both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
torture Yes No Yes No
bastinado Yes No Yes No
As nouns, bastinado is a hyponym of torture; that is, bastinado is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than torture:
  • 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
  • bastinado: a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels
torture (noun) bastinado (noun)
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 torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
extreme mental distress
unbearable physical pain
torture (verb) bastinado (verb)
subject to torture beat somebody on the soles of the feet
torment emotionally or mentally
Difference between torture and bastinado

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