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Matricide vs Parricide - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between matricide and parricide

is that matricide is the killing of one's mother while parricide is someone who kills a relative, especially a parent.

matricide

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The killing of one's mother.
    • Gerald committed matricide ; he strangled his mother.
  • A person who kills his or her mother.
    • Nancy was a matricide , it happened four years ago.

    See also

    * filicide * genocide * homicide * infanticide * patricide * regicide * suicide * uxoricide

    Anagrams

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    parricide

    English

    (wikipedia parricide)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who kills a relative, especially a parent.
  • * 1605 , William Shakespeare, King Lear II.i:
    • I told him the reuenging Gods, / ’Gainst Paricides did all the thunder bend [...].
  • The killing of a relative, especially a parent.
  • * '>citation
  • The killing of a ruler, or other authority figure; treason.
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