torturing vs piquet

piquet vs torturing

torturing and piquet both are nouns.

torturing is an adjective but piquet is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, piquet is a hyponym of torturing; that is, piquet 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
piquet: a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake

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

torturing (noun)	piquet (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 card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards
	a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake

torturing (adjective)	piquet (adjective)
extremely painful

Difference between torturing and piquet

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