kill vs knock off

knock off vs kill

kill is a noun but knock off is not a noun.

kill and knock off both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
kill	Yes	No	Yes	No
knock off	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, knock off is a hyponym of kill; that is, knock off is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than kill:

kill: cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
knock off: get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

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, 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, execute, put to death, draw, draw and quarter, quarter, lynch, pip, shoot, electrocute, fry, euthanatise, euthanatize, euthanise, euthanize, mercy kill, gank.

kill (noun)	knock off (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)	knock off (verb)
mark for deletion, rub off, or erase	stop pursuing or acting
destroy a vitally essential quality of or in	get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
cause to cease operating	write quickly
tire out completely	take by theft
end or extinguish by forceful means	cut the price of
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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