Infanticide vs Fratricide - What's the difference?
infanticide | fratricide |
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.
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,
As nouns the difference between infanticide and fratricide
is that infanticide is the murder of an infant while fratricide is the killing of one's brother (or sister).infanticide
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(wikipedia infanticide)Noun
(en noun)See also
* homicide * filicide, neonaticide, prolicide; abortion * genocide * matricide * patricide * regicide * suicide * uxoricide ----fratricide
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(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,'...