ill-treatment vs child abuse

ill-treatment and child abuse both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ill-treatment	Yes	No	No	No
child abuse	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, child abuse is a hyponym of ill-treatment; that is, child abuse is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ill-treatment:

ill-treatment: cruel or inhumane treatment
child abuse: the physical or emotional or sexual mistreatment of children

Other hyponyms of ill-treatment include child neglect, persecution, cruelty, inhuman treatment.

ill-treatment (noun)	child abuse (noun)
cruel or inhumane treatment	the physical or emotional or sexual mistreatment of children

ill-treatment vs child abuse

ill-treatment and child abuse both are nouns.

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