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Magnicide vs Assassination - What's the difference?

magnicide | assassination |

As nouns the difference between magnicide and assassination

is that magnicide is the assassination of a major political figure while assassination is killing or murder for political reasons.

magnicide

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The assassination of a major political figure.

    • assassination

    English

    (wikipedia assassination)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • killing or murder for political reasons
    • The assassination of the king occurred at night.

    Related terms

    * assassin * royal assassin

    See also

    * targeted killing