What's the difference between toture and abuse

I guess this would qualify as torture because they asked a question first. Abuse is just hitting 'em cause they're helpless.

Guardsman: CIA beat Iraqis with hammer handles By Arthur Kane Denver Post Staff Writer

CIA officials used a sledgehammer handle to beat various prisoners in Iraq, and one official, whose name is classified, would often brag about his abuse of prisoners, according to testimony in a closed session of a military hearing. ........ In the March hearing, Sgt. 1st Class Gerold Pratt of the Utah National Guard said he saw classified personnel use a 15-inch wooden sledgehammer handle to hit prisoners. "They'd ask you a question, and if they didn't like it, they'd hit you," he said. "With Chief Welshofer, he'd at least give the detainee a chance to tell the truth," testified Pratt, who was running logistics at the detention facility near Qaim dubbed the Blacksmith Hotel.