assault vs sexual assault

sexual assault vs assault

assault and sexual assault both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

Difference between assault and sexual assault

Words related to "sexual assault"

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