<p>懲處 is more specific, 懲罰 is more general</p>
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<p>懲處 - to penalize (to inflict a penalty on)</p>
<p>懲罰 - to punish (to deal with roughly or harshly for one's deed; to impose a penalty on)</p>
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<p>Example:</p>
<p>家長懲罰小孩  (parents punish children) cannot be changed to 家長懲處小孩 (parents penalize children)</p>
<p>懲處犯罪者 (penalize criminals) specifically refers to 'official punishment by the legal system'</p>
<p>懲罰犯罪者 (punish criminals) refers to  'punishment in any form'</p>
<p>懲處違反校規的學生 (penalize students who break school rules) specifically refers to official punishment by the school administration'</p>
<p>懲罰違反校規的學生 (punish students who break school rules) refers to  'punishment in any form'</p>

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2020-06-12T21:53:47.820Z
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Tang Ho
<p>惩处 - to penalize</p>

<p>惩罚 - to punish</p>

<p>The difference between these two words described on this site:
<a href="https://wikidiff.com/penalize/punish" rel="nofollow noreferrer">enter link description here</a></p>

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  <p>As verbs the difference between penalize and punish is that penalize is to subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation while punish is to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action. </p>
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2020-06-12T21:33:13.343Z
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Maxim Gusev
<p>I recently learned two similar words that seem to mean "to punish." What's the difference? </p>

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What's the difference between 懲處 and 懲罰？
# What's the difference between 懲處 and 懲罰？

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-06-12)

I recently learned two similar words that seem to mean "to punish." What's the difference?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-06-12. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

懲處 is more specific, 懲罰 is more general

> 懲處 - to penalize (to inflict a penalty on)
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> 懲罰 - to punish (to deal with roughly or harshly for one's deed; to impose a penalty on)

Example:

家長懲罰小孩 (parents punish children) cannot be changed to 家長懲處小孩 (parents penalize children)

懲處犯罪者 (penalize criminals) specifically refers to 'official punishment by the legal system'

懲罰犯罪者 (punish criminals) refers to 'punishment in any form'

懲處違反校規的學生 (penalize students who break school rules) specifically refers to official punishment by the school administration'

懲罰違反校規的學生 (punish students who break school rules) refers to 'punishment in any form'


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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-06-12. Score: 1

惩处 - to penalize

惩罚 - to punish

The difference between these two words described on this site:
[enter link description here](https://wikidiff.com/penalize/punish)

> As verbs the difference between penalize and punish is that penalize is to subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation while punish is to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action.


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