kill vs coup de grace

coup de grace vs kill

kill and coup de grace both are nouns.

kill is a verb but coup de grace is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
kill	Yes	No	Yes	No
coup de grace	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, coup de grace is a hyponym of kill; that is, coup de grace is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than kill:

kill: the act of terminating a life
coup de grace: the blow that kills (usually mercifully)

Other hyponyms of kill include deathblow, death, euthanasia, mercy killing, homicide, despatch, dispatch, fell, self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicide, slaughter, poisoning, asphyxiation, suffocation, ritual killing, sacrifice, electrocution, beheading, decapitation, genocide, race murder, racial extermination.

kill (noun)	coup de grace (noun)
the act of terminating a life	the blow that kills (usually mercifully)
the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal

kill (verb)	coup de grace (verb)
mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
cause to cease operating
tire out completely
end or extinguish by forceful means
drink down entirely
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
cause the death of, without intention
deprive of life
hit with great force
hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
be the source of great pain for
thwart the passage of
be fatal

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