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Penalty vs. punishment Tue Nov 11, 2003 15:22 pm  Penalty vs. punishment
 

Test No. incompl/advan-21 "Money Matters (4)", question 7

There is quite a heavy financial ......... attached to any action that involves late payment of taxes.

(a) punishment
(b) pain
(c) restriction
(d) penalty

Test No. incompl/advan-21 "Money Matters (4)", answer 7

There is quite a heavy financial penalty attached to any action that involves late payment of taxes.

Correct answer: (d) penalty

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Test No. incompl/advan-54 "Taxes", question 4

Under the current legislation if you are late in paying your taxes, then you have to face a financial ..........

(a) penalty
(b) punishment
(c) pain
(d) penalize

Test No. incompl/advan-54 "Taxes", answer 4

Under the current legislation if you are late in paying your taxes, then you have to face a financial penalty.

Correct answer: (a) penalty

Hey,

I?m a student from Austria.

I?d like to know what the difference between penalty and punishment is !?!
In which connection would I use penalty/punishment
Could anyone help me?

thx, lisi.
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Penalty more concrete Tue Nov 11, 2003 21:13 pm  Penalty more concrete
 

Dear Lisi,

I think 'penalty' is more concrete and often used with sports whereas 'punishment' is a more general term.
However, when you combine 'punishment' with other words you can create a specific term such as 'capital punishment'.
Let's see what Alan has to say on this issue...
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Penalty more concrete Tue Nov 11, 2003 22:03 pm  Penalty more concrete
 

Torsten wrote:
Dear Lisi,

I think 'penalty' is more concrete and often used with sports whereas 'punishment' is a more general term.
However, when you combine 'punishment' with other words you can create a specific term such as 'capital punishment'.
Let's see what Alan has to say on this issue...

Hi Lisi,

Torsten has asked me to add a bit, which I'm pleased to do. PENALTY is very often a financial imposition put on someone when they've broken a law, regulation. For example you get penalty points on your driving licence if you exceed the speed limit and when you have acquired a certain number you can lose your licence completely. There is a fixed penalty for stopping a train without a good reason. As Torsten says, it is also used in various sports where a player has broken one of the rules. It is in these senses an impersonal matter where the offender/wrong doer loses points or pays a sum of money to account for the wrong doing. Another word is FINE, which means very much the same.

PUNISHMENT is a personal retribution for wrong doing and has a moral implication. The idea is that a person is punished RECEIVES PUNISHMENT for doing something wrong and thereby suffers by for example being sent to prison, losing certain privileges, or being made to give up what they enjoy. And as Torsten says, there is CAPITAL PUNISHMENT where the wrong doer is put to death by the state - incidentally something that fortunately has been abolished in the UK

Hope this is useful.

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Penalty vs. punishment Sun Dec 14, 2003 22:36 pm  Penalty vs. punishment
 

Lisi wrote:
Hey,

I?m a student from Austria.

I?d like to know what the difference between penalty and punishment is !?!
In which connection would I use penalty/punishment
Could anyone help me?

thx, lisi.

Hi Lisi,

You will find another example for a word combination with 'penality' in Alan's latest test here http://www.english-test.net/oai54/
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