ill-usage vs child abuse

ill-usage and child abuse both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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

ill-usage vs child abuse

ill-usage and child abuse both are nouns.

Words related to "ill-usage"

Words related to "child abuse"