assault vs sexual abuse

sexual abuse vs assault

assault and sexual abuse both are nouns.

assault is a verb but sexual abuse is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
assault	Yes	No	Yes	No
sexual abuse	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sexual abuse is a hypernym of assault; that is, sexual abuse 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
sexual abuse: 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 crime, sex offense, sexual assault.

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

Difference between assault and sexual abuse

Words related to "sexual abuse"

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