Killing vs Gynocide - What's the difference?
killing | gynocide |
That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
Devastatingly attractive.
That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny.
* 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 471:
an instance of someone being killed
(informal) A large amount of money.
The killing of women and girls, especially considered as a social phenomenon.
*1976 , (Andrea Dworkin), Our Blood :
*:We find that millions upon millions of women have died as the victims of organized gynocide .
*1987 , Jane Caputi, The Age of Sex Crime , p. 95:
*:In the contemporary Age of Sex Crime, it is another traditional female scapegoat, the prostitute, who is the paradigmatic target of gynocide .
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As nouns the difference between killing and gynocide
is that killing is an instance of someone being killed while gynocide is the killing of women and girls, especially considered as a social phenomenon.As a verb killing
is .As an adjective killing
is that literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.killing
English
(wikipedia killing)Verb
(head)- This work is killing me.
Adjective
(en adjective)- Livia found her ‘killing ’, and derived such amusement from her Martinique French that he was forced to enjoy her as well.
Noun
(en noun)- He made a killing on the stock market.