Difference between release and punish
release
Definitions
noun
- a formal written statement of relinquishment
- a process that liberates or discharges something
- activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
- the act of liberating someone or something
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
verb
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
- make (information) available for publication
- generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
- release, as from one's grip
- make (assets) available
Examples
The defendant was released on bail until his trial next year.
There are only a couple of days left in Graeme's Fantasy Book Review's Giveaway for one of three copies of Orson Scott Card's new release, Hidden Empire.
Certain animations are still a bit hitchy, especially involving Mayer's car, but there's still time to resolve those before release.
punish
Definitions
verb
- impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
Examples
As he ran past, the arquebusier shouted something about Susanoo, the kami of storms, and how he was punishing them for their arrogance.
And the moral murder of my child is to be my punishment for daring to turn a deaf ear to the indign passion of a brute!
The government is proposing tougher punishments for officials convicted of corruption.