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decapitation vs capital punishment

capital punishment vs decapitation

decapitation and capital punishment both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
decapitation Yes No No No
capital punishment Yes No No No
As nouns, capital punishment is a hypernym of decapitation; that is, capital punishment is a word with a broader meaning than decapitation:
  • decapitation: execution by cutting off the victim's head
  • capital punishment: putting a condemned person to death
Other hypernyms of decapitation include death penalty, executing, execution.
decapitation (noun) capital punishment (noun)
killing by cutting off the head putting a condemned person to death
execution by cutting off the victim's head
Difference between decapitation and capital punishment

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