What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Slaughter vs Fatling - What's the difference?

slaughter | fatling |

As nouns the difference between slaughter and fatling

is that slaughter is (uncountable) the killing of animals, generally for food; ritual slaughter (kosher and halal) while fatling is a young animal (especially a calf or lamb) which has been fattened for slaughter.

As a verb slaughter

is to butcher animals, generally for food.

slaughter

English

(wikipedia slaughter)

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(-)
  • (uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food; ritual slaughter (kosher and halal).
  • A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
  • * Milton
    • on war and mutual slaughter bent
  • A rout or decisive defeat.

    • Derived terms

    * kosher slaughter * lamb to the slaughter/like a lamb to the slaughter/come like a lamb to the slaughter * manslaughter * ritual slaughter * slaughterer * slaughterhouse * slaughterman * slaughterous

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To butcher animals, generally for food
  • To massacre people in large numbers
  • To kill in a particularly brutal manner

    • Anagrams

    * English transitive verbs

    fatling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A young animal (especially a calf or lamb) which has been fattened for slaughter.
  • *1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XXIII:
  • *:Lo I have prepared my dynner, myne oxen and my fatlinges are kylled, and all thinges are redy, come unto the mariage.
  • *1611 , Bible (King James Version), Isaiah 11:6:
  • *:The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.