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Beheading vs Behead - What's the difference?

beheading | behead | Derived terms |

Beheading is a derived term of behead.


As verbs the difference between beheading and behead

is that beheading is (behead) while behead is to remove the head.

As a noun beheading

is an instance of at least one person being beheaded.

beheading

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of at least one person being beheaded.
    • A large crowd gathered to see the beheading
    The guillotine was meant to humanize beheadings''' but allowed the French Revolution to execute by ' beheading at an industrial rate

    Synonyms

    * decapitation * decollation

    behead

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To remove the head; cut someone's head off.

    • Synonyms

    * decapitate * decollate

    Derived terms

    * beheaded * beheading