Fratricide vs Sororicide - What's the difference?
fratricide | sororicide |
The killing of one's brother (or sister).
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A person who commits this crime.
* 1936 , H. A. L. Fisher, A History of Europe , Edward Arnold Publishers, p.376,
(military, by extension) The intentional or unintentional killing of a comrade in arms.
* 1999 , Richard M. Swain,
Sororicide is a related term of fratricide.
As nouns the difference between fratricide and sororicide
is that fratricide is the killing of one's brother (or sister) while sororicide is the killing of one's sister.fratricide
English
(fratricide)Noun
(en noun)- The conversion of Russia to Christianity was effected, it would seem by a monster of cruelty and lust. That Vladimir (980–1015) was a fratricide , who maintained 3,500 concubines, has not prevented his canonization as a saint.
Lucky War: Third Army in Desert Storm, DIANE Publishing, page 180,
- From January on, Third Army also spent a good deal of energy trying to solve the problem of fratricide , the killing or injuring of one's own forces by what is ironically called 'friendly fire,'...