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Infanticide vs Manslaughter - What's the difference?

infanticide | manslaughter |

As nouns the difference between infanticide and manslaughter

is that infanticide is the murder of an infant while manslaughter is the slaying of a human being.

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 ----

    manslaughter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The slaying of a human being.
  • The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger.

    • Related terms

    * self-slaughter

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