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Assassination vs Murdering - What's the difference?

assassination | murdering |

As nouns the difference between assassination and murdering

is that assassination is killing or murder for political reasons while murdering is the act of committing murder.

As a verb murdering is

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assassination

Noun

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

    See also

    * targeted killing

    murdering

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of committing murder.
  • * 1826 , James Silk Buckingham, The Oriental Herald and Journal of General Literature
  • the speedy perpetration of these licensed murderings

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