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battue vs butchery

butchery vs battue

battue and butchery both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
battue Yes No No No
butchery Yes No No No
As nouns, butchery is a hypernym of battue; that is, butchery is a word with a broader meaning than battue:
  • battue: indiscriminate slaughter
  • butchery: the savage and excessive killing of many people
Other hypernyms of battue include carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter.
battue (noun) butchery (noun)
a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter the business of a butcher
indiscriminate slaughter the savage and excessive killing of many people
a building where animals are butchered
Difference between battue and butchery

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