ill-treatment vs persecution

ill-treatment and persecution both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ill-treatment	Yes	No	No	No
persecution	Yes	No	No	No

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

ill-treatment: cruel or inhumane treatment
persecution: the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)

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

ill-treatment (noun)	persecution (noun)
cruel or inhumane treatment	the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)

ill-treatment vs persecution

ill-treatment and persecution both are nouns.

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