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homicide vs shooting

shooting vs homicide

homicide and shooting both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
homicide Yes No No No
shooting Yes No No No
As nouns, shooting is a hyponym of homicide; that is, shooting is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than homicide:
  • homicide: the killing of a human being by another human being
  • shooting: killing someone by gunfire
Other hyponyms of homicide include honor killing, manslaughter, execution, murder, slaying.
homicide (noun) shooting (noun)
the killing of a human being by another human being the act of firing a projectile
killing someone by gunfire
Difference between homicide and shooting

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