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kill vs execute

execute vs kill

kill is a noun but execute is not a noun.

kill and execute both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
kill Yes No Yes No
execute No No Yes No
As verbs, execute is a hyponym of kill; that is, execute is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than kill:
  • kill: cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
  • execute: kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
Other hyponyms of kill include annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out, decimate, drown, massacre, mow down, slaughter, erase, wipe out, butcher, slaughter, poison, lapidate, stone, poison, commit suicide, dispatch, vaporize, zap, sacrifice, take off, tomahawk, saber, sabre, overlay, overlie, brain, put away, put to sleep, do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, neutralize, waste, exterminate, kill off, asphyxiate, smother, suffocate, strangle, strangulate, throttle, behead, decapitate, decollate, impale, stake, dismember, martyr, shed blood, bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay, assassinate, put to death, draw, draw and quarter, quarter, lynch, pip, shoot, electrocute, fry, euthanatise, euthanatize, euthanise, euthanize, mercy kill, gank.
kill (noun) execute (noun)
the act of terminating a life
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) execute (verb)
mark for deletion, rub off, or erase sign in the presence of witnesses
destroy a vitally essential quality of or in put in effect
cause to cease operating carry out or perform an action
tire out completely kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
end or extinguish by forceful means murder in a planned fashion
drink down entirely carry out the legalities of
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
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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