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Cruelty vs Zoosadism - What's the difference?

cruelty | zoosadism |

As nouns the difference between cruelty and zoosadism

is that cruelty is (uncountable) an indifference to suffering or positive pleasure in inflicting suffering while zoosadism is the deriving of sexual pleasure from cruelty to animals.

cruelty

English

Alternative forms

* cruellty (obsolete) * cruelltie (obsolete)

Noun

  • (uncountable) an indifference to suffering or positive pleasure in inflicting suffering.
  • (countable) a cruel act
  • Anagrams

    * cutlery

    zoosadism

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia zoosadism)
  • The deriving of sexual pleasure from cruelty to animals.