Difference between release and punish
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.
A household radiator absorbs energy in the form of electric current and releases it in the form of heat.
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.
Some teachers also punish students by flogging them with whips made of rubber (from strips of old car tires), with heavier canes, or simply by slapping, kicking, or pinching them.
The long punishing jaws of a borzoi can snatch up small and not-so-small varmints both wild or domestic with lightning speed.
