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bloodshed vs butchery

butchery vs bloodshed

bloodshed and butchery both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bloodshed Yes No No No
butchery Yes No No No
As nouns, butchery is a hypernym of bloodshed; that is, butchery is a word with a broader meaning than bloodshed:
  • bloodshed: indiscriminate slaughter
  • butchery: the savage and excessive killing of many people
Other hypernyms of bloodshed include carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter.
bloodshed (noun) butchery (noun)
indiscriminate slaughter the business of a butcher
the shedding of blood resulting in murder the savage and excessive killing of many people
a building where animals are butchered
Difference between bloodshed and butchery

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