showup

As nouns the difference between victim and showup

is that victim is (original sense) a living creature which is slain and offered as human or animal sacrifice, usually in a religious rite; by extension, the transfigurated body and blood of christ in the eucharist while showup is the showing of a suspect to a victim by police in the hope of identifying the suspect as the culprit.

As nouns the difference between suspect and showup

is that suspect is a person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime while showup is the showing of a suspect to a victim by police in the hope of identifying the suspect as the culprit.

As a verb suspect

is to imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.

As an adjective suspect

is viewed with suspicion; suspected.