Torture vs Brutality - What's the difference?
torture | brutality |
Intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony.
(chiefly, literary) The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships.
To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).
The state of being brutal.
A cruel or savage act.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=18 The use of excessive physical force e.g. police brutality.
As a verb torture
is .As a noun brutality is
the state of being brutal.torture
English
(wikipedia torture)Noun
(en noun)- Using large dogs to attack bound, hand-cuffed prisoners is clearly torture .
- In every war there are acts of torture that cause the world to shudder.
- People confess to anything under torture .
- Every time she says 'goodbye' it is torture !
Derived terms
* torture chamber *Verb
(tortur)- People who torture often have sadistic tendencies.
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English
Noun
(brutalities)citation, passage=‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?}}
