Slaughter vs Atrocity - What's the difference?
slaughter | atrocity |
(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
(uncountable) The quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty.
(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.
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As a proper noun slaughter
is .As a noun atrocity is
(uncountable) the quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty.slaughter
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(wikipedia slaughter)Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(-)- on war and mutual slaughter bent