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Assassination vs Execution - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between assassination and execution

is that assassination is killing or murder for political reasons while execution is the act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).

assassination

English

(wikipedia assassination)

Noun

(en noun)
  • killing or murder for political reasons
    • The assassination of the king occurred at night.

    Related terms

    * assassin * royal assassin

    See also

    * targeted killing

    execution

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
  • *
  • The state of being executed (accomplished).
    • The battle plan was successfully executed .
  • The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
  • (legal) The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
  • (legal) The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
  • (computing) The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer.
    • The entire machine slowed down during the execution of the virus checker .
    Whenever the matrix inversion function executed the program crashed.

    Derived terms

    * execution style * posthumous execution

    Related terms

    * execute * executioner * executive * executor

    Hyponyms

    * (penalty of death) crucifixion, electrocution, hanging, lethal injection

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