execution vs hanging

hanging vs execution

execution and hanging both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
execution	Yes	No	No	No
hanging	Yes	No	No	No

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

execution: putting a condemned person to death
hanging: a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead

Other hyponyms of execution include burning, burning at the stake, burning, electrocution, beheading, decapitation, crucifixion.

execution (noun)	hanging (noun)
putting a condemned person to death	the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being	a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead
the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it	decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
(law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable
(computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

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