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Killed vs Slaughtered - What's the difference?

killed | slaughtered |

As verbs the difference between killed and slaughtered

is that killed is (kill) while slaughtered is (slaughter).

As an adjective killed

is (metallurgy|of steel) deoxidized.

killed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (kill)

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "killed")

    Derived terms

    * must have killed a Chinaman

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (metallurgy, of steel) deoxidized

    • slaughtered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (slaughter)

    • 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