torturing vs kia quen

kia quen vs torturing

torturing and kia quen both are nouns.

torturing is an adjective but kia quen is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
torturing	Yes	Yes	No	No
kia quen	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, kia quen is a hyponym of torturing; that is, kia quen 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
kia quen: a form of foot torture used by the Chinese in which the victim's foot was placed between three pieces of bamboo and systematically squeezed

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

torturing (noun)	kia quen (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 foot torture used by the Chinese in which the victim's foot was placed between three pieces of bamboo and systematically squeezed

torturing (adjective)	kia quen (adjective)
extremely painful

Difference between torturing and kia quen

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