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Prolicide vs Infanticide - What's the difference?

prolicide | infanticide |

As nouns the difference between prolicide and infanticide

is that prolicide is the crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth while infanticide is the murder of an infant.

prolicide

English

Noun

(-)
  • The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth.
    • (Bouvier)

    See also

    * filicide, infanticide, neonaticide; abortion

    References

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    infanticide

    English

    (wikipedia infanticide)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The murder of an infant.
  • The murder of a child by a parent; filicide.
  • The murderer of a child: a person who has committed infanticide.
  • (zoology) The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species.

    • Related terms

    * infanticidal

    See also

    * homicide * filicide, neonaticide, prolicide; abortion * genocide * matricide * patricide * regicide * suicide * uxoricide ----