assault vs sex crime

sex crime vs assault

assault and sex crime both are nouns.

assault is a verb but sex crime is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
assault	Yes	No	Yes	No
sex crime	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sex crime is a hypernym of assault; that is, sex crime is a word with a broader meaning than assault:

assault: the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
sex crime: a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat

Other hypernyms of assault include sex offense, sexual abuse, sexual assault.

assault (noun)	sex crime (noun)
close fighting during the culmination of a military attack	a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat
a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will

assault (verb)	sex crime (verb)
attack in speech or writing
attack someone physically or emotionally
force (someone) to have sex against their will

Difference between assault and sex crime

Words related to "sex crime"

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