maltreatment vs child abuse

maltreatment and child abuse both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
maltreatment	Yes	No	No	No
child abuse	Yes	No	No	No

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

maltreatment: cruel or inhumane treatment
child abuse: the physical or emotional or sexual mistreatment of children

Other hyponyms of maltreatment include child neglect, persecution, cruelty, inhuman treatment.

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

maltreatment vs child abuse

maltreatment and child abuse both are nouns.

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