Homicide vs Vice - What's the difference?
homicide | vice |
(uncountable) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
(countable) A person who kills another.
(countable, US, police jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.
* 1996 , A J Holt, Watch Me [http://print.google.com/print?id=AeiWDMxtf70C&pg=PA146&lpg=PA146&sig=58bpIF6WRwzfzHU-U8U9ZrEbME0]:
* 2003 , Ellen Perry Berkeley, Keith's People (ISBN 1930859449), page 58:
* 2004 , Jon Talton, Dry Heat (ISBN 0312333854), page 40:
A bad habit.
(legal) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs.
A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
* From the case of Scholefield v. Robb (1839).
A mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping or holding (also spelled vise).
A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
(obsolete) A grip or grasp.
* 1597 , , II. I. 22:
To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.
* 1610 , , I. ii. 416:
* De Quincey
in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank
instead of, in place of
As nouns the difference between homicide and vice
is that homicide is the killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional while vice is a bad habit.As a verb vice is
to hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.As an adjective vice is
in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank.As a preposition vice is
instead of, in place of.homicide
English
Noun
(wikipedia homicide) (en noun)- “She was a hippie kid. How hard would you work a case like that?”
- “As hard as anyone else,” said Goddard. There was an irritated note in his voice. “She was a homicide'. She got what every ' homicide investigation gets.”
- We don't even know the woman was a homicide . Didn't they say it was possible they both jumped?
- The medical examiner was behind on autopsies and cranky, so we didn't even know if the old guy in the pool was a homicide .
Synonyms
* (unlawful killing of a person by another) assassination, killing, first-degree murder (US; intentional''), manslaughter (''unintentional''), murder (''intentional''), second-degree murder (''US; unintentional ) * (person who unlawfully kills another person) assassin, killer, man-slayer, murderer * (victim of homicide) murder victimDerived terms
* homicidal * culpable homicideSee also
* filicide * familicide * feticide * fratricide * genocide * infanticide * mariticide * matricide * parricide * patricide * populicide * prolicide * regicide * sororicide * suicide * unlawful death * uxoricide ----vice
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Smoking is a vice , not a virtue.
Antonyms
* (bad habit) virtueDerived terms
* vice squadSee also
* habitEtymology 2
From (etyl) ; akin to English withy.Alternative forms
* vise (US)Noun
(en noun)- Fang. An I but fist him once; an a’ come but within my vice ,–
Verb
(vic)- Camillo. As he had seen’t, or been an instrument / To vice you to't, that you have touched his queen / Forbiddenly
- The coachman's hand was viced between his upper and lower thigh.
Etymology 3
From (etyl) , ablative form of vicis.Adjective
vice (no comparative or superlative)- vice president
- vice admiral
Derived terms
* vice admiral * vice governor * vice mayor * vice presidentPreposition
(head)- A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.