defeat vs slaughter

defeat and slaughter both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
defeat	Yes	No	Yes	No
slaughter	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, slaughter is a hyponym of defeat; that is, slaughter is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than defeat:

defeat (noun)	slaughter (noun)
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest	the killing of animals (as for food)
the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals	the savage and excessive killing of many people
	a sound defeat

defeat (verb)	slaughter (verb)
win a victory over	kill a large number of people indiscriminately
thwart the passage of	kill (animals) usually for food consumption