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execution vs hit

hit vs execution

execution and hit both are nouns.

execution is not a verb while hit is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
execution Yes No No No
hit Yes No Yes No
As nouns, hit is a hyponym of execution; that is, hit is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than execution:
  • execution: unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
  • hit: a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
Other hyponyms of execution include assassination, bloodshed, gore, contract killing, parricide, mariticide, fratricide, uxoricide, filicide, elimination, liquidation, butchery, carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter, lynching, regicide, dry-gulching, infanticide, shoot-down, tyrannicide, thuggee.
execution (noun) hit (noun)
putting a condemned person to death the act of contacting one thing with another
unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being a conspicuous success
the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it (baseball) when a batter strikes a picthed ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
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 a connection made via the internet to another website
(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 a dose of a narcotic drug
(computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
execution (verb) hit (verb)
pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
hit with a missile from a weapon
hit the intended target or goal
deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
hit against; come into sudden contact with
produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
cause to move by striking
affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
reach a destination, either real or abstract
drive something violently into a location
reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
cause to experience suddenly
encounter by chance
kill intentionally and with premeditation
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