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Foeticide vs Infanticide - What's the difference?

foeticide | infanticide |

As nouns the difference between foeticide and infanticide

is that foeticide is while infanticide is the murder of an infant.

foeticide

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • infanticide

    English

    (wikipedia infanticide)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The murder of an infant.
  • The murder of a child by a parent; filicide.
  • The murderer of a child: a person who has committed infanticide.
  • (zoology) The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species.

    • Related terms

    * infanticidal

    See also

    * homicide * filicide, neonaticide, prolicide; abortion * genocide * matricide * patricide * regicide * suicide * uxoricide ----