death penalty vs crucifixion

death penalty and crucifixion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
death penalty	Yes	No	No	No
crucifixion	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, crucifixion is a hyponym of death penalty; that is, crucifixion is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than death penalty:

death penalty: putting a condemned person to death
crucifixion: the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross

Other hyponyms of death penalty include burning, burning at the stake, hanging, burning, electrocution, beheading, decapitation.

death penalty (noun)	crucifixion (noun)
putting a condemned person to death	the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross
	the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering

death penalty vs crucifixion

death penalty and crucifixion both are nouns.

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