torturing vs bastinado

bastinado vs torturing

torturing and bastinado both are nouns.

torturing is an adjective but bastinado is not an adjective.

torturing is not a verb while bastinado is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
torturing	Yes	Yes	No	No
bastinado	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, bastinado is a hyponym of torturing; that is, bastinado is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than torturing:

torturing: 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

Other hyponyms of torturing include falanga, boot, burning, crucifixion, excruciation, genital torture, judicial torture, kia quen, kittee, nail pulling, nail removal, picket, piquet, prolonged interrogation, rack, sensory deprivation, sleep deprivation, strapado, strappado, electric shock, dismemberment, taking apart, waterboarding.

torturing (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
	a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet

torturing (adjective)	bastinado (adjective)
extremely painful

torturing (verb)	bastinado (verb)
	beat somebody on the soles of the feet

Difference between torturing and bastinado

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