butchery vs execution

execution vs butchery

butchery and execution both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
butchery	Yes	No	No	No
execution	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, execution is a hypernym of butchery; that is, execution is a word with a broader meaning than butchery:

butchery: the savage and excessive killing of many people
execution: unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

Other hypernyms of butchery include murder, slaying.

butchery (noun)	execution (noun)
the business of a butcher	putting a condemned person to death
the savage and excessive killing of many people	unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
a building where animals are butchered	the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
	the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
	a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
	(law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable
	(computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

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