torturing vs kittee

kittee vs torturing

torturing and kittee both are nouns.

torturing is an adjective but kittee is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, kittee is a hyponym of torturing; that is, kittee 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
kittee: a form of torture used by American Indians in which sensitive parts of the body were squeezed between two boards until the victim could bear no more

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

torturing (noun)	kittee (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 used by American Indians in which sensitive parts of the body were squeezed between two boards until the victim could bear no more

torturing (adjective)	kittee (adjective)
extremely painful

Difference between torturing and kittee

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