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decapitation vs death penalty

death penalty vs decapitation

decapitation and death penalty both are nouns.

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

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