Killing vs Slaughter - What's the difference?
killing | slaughter |
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.
(uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food; ritual slaughter (kosher and halal).
A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
* Milton
A rout or decisive defeat.
To butcher animals, generally for food
To massacre people in large numbers
To kill in a particularly brutal manner
As verbs the difference between killing and slaughter
is that killing is present participle of lang=en while slaughter is to butcher animals, generally for food.As nouns the difference between killing and slaughter
is that killing is an instance of someone being killed while slaughter is the killing of animals, generally for food; ritual slaughter (kosher and halal).As an adjective killing
is that literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.As a proper noun Slaughter is
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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.
Derived terms
* honour killing / honor killing * killingly * make a killing * nonkilling * targeted killing * thrill killingslaughter
English
(wikipedia slaughter)Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(-)- on war and mutual slaughter bent