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