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Genocide vs Slaughter - What's the difference?

genocide | slaughter |

As nouns the difference between genocide and slaughter

is that genocide is the systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, political beliefs, social status, or other particularities while slaughter is the killing of animals, generally for food; ritual slaughter (kosher and halal).

As verbs the difference between genocide and slaughter

is that genocide is to commit genocide (against); to eliminate (a group of people) completely while slaughter is to butcher animals, generally for food.

As a proper noun Slaughter is

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genocide

English

(wikipedia genocide)

Noun

  • The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, political beliefs, social status, or other particularities.
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    • Usage notes

    (Genocide definitions) Genocide is defined in various laws, and used in varying ways; characterization of an act as “genocide” is a strong condemnation, and may prove contentious. Narrowly speaking, genocide was coined to mean, and is generally used in law to mean, the destruction of an ethnic group qua group, whether killing of all members of the group or other means, such as dispersing the group. In common usage, “genocide” is often used to mean “systematic mass killing”, whether or not the purpose is the destruction of the group or some other purpose, such as terrorizing the group. Specific genocides are often capitalized, e.g. "Armenian G enocide".

    Derived terms

    * autogenocide, auto-genocide * cultural genocide * genocidal * genocidally * genocidism * genocidist

    Related terms

    * ethnocide, democide (suffixsee)

    See also

    * crime against humanity * dehumanization * democide * ethnic cleansing * holocaust, Holocaust * Holodomor * mass murder * Porajmos * pogrom * Shoah * war crime

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To commit genocide (against); to eliminate (a group of people) completely.

    • References

    slaughter

    English

    (wikipedia slaughter)

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food; ritual slaughter (kosher and halal).
  • A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
  • * Milton
    • on war and mutual slaughter bent
  • A rout or decisive defeat.

    • Derived terms

    * kosher slaughter * lamb to the slaughter/like a lamb to the slaughter/come like a lamb to the slaughter * manslaughter * ritual slaughter * slaughterer * slaughterhouse * slaughterman * slaughterous

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To butcher animals, generally for food
  • To massacre people in large numbers
  • To kill in a particularly brutal manner

    • Anagrams

    * English transitive verbs