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Mutilation vs Maiming - What's the difference?

mutilation | maiming |

As nouns the difference between mutilation and maiming

is that mutilation is the act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated while maiming is the act by which somebody is maimed.

As a verb maiming is

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mutilation

English

Noun

  • The act of mutilating or the state of being mutilated.

    • Hyponyms

    * female genital mutilation * male genital mutilation

    Related terms

    * body modification

    maiming

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which somebody is maimed.
  • * (William Cobbett)
    • They remember his subornings, menacings, bribings, cuttings, maimings , hangings, and burnings.