Cruelty vs Violence - What's the difference?
cruelty | violence |
(uncountable) an indifference to suffering or positive pleasure in inflicting suffering.
(countable) a cruel act
Extreme force.
Action which causes destruction, pain, or suffering.
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(figuratively) Injustice, wrong.
(obsolete) ravishment; rape; violation
As nouns the difference between cruelty and violence
is that cruelty is an indifference to suffering or positive pleasure in inflicting suffering while violence is extreme force.cruelty
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Alternative forms
* cruellty (obsolete) * cruelltie (obsolete)Noun
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* cutleryviolence
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Mark Tran
Denied an education by war, passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools