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Tyrannicide vs Tyrannicidal - What's the difference?

tyrannicide | tyrannicidal |

As a noun tyrannicide

is the killing of a tyrant.

As an adjective tyrannicidal is

of or pertaining to tyrannicide, or the murder of a tyrant.

tyrannicide

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The killing of a tyrant.
  • Someone who kills a tyrant.
  • *2012 , (Christopher Clark), The Sleepwalkers , Penguin 2013, p. 51:
  • *:Princip had even found time to learn by heart the entirety of The Mountain Wreath , Petrovi?-Njegos's stirring epic celebration of the selfless tyrannicide Miloš Obili?.

    • tyrannicidal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to tyrannicide, or the murder of a tyrant.
    • (Booth)
    (Webster 1913)