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death penalty vs beheading

beheading vs death penalty

death penalty and beheading both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
death penalty Yes No No No
beheading Yes No No No
As nouns, beheading is a hyponym of death penalty; that is, beheading is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than death penalty:
  • death penalty: putting a condemned person to death
  • beheading: execution by cutting off the victim's head
Other hyponyms of death penalty include burning, burning at the stake, hanging, burning, electrocution, decapitation, crucifixion.
death penalty (noun) beheading (noun)
putting a condemned person to death killing by cutting off the head
execution by cutting off the victim's head
Difference between death penalty and beheading

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