maltreatment vs persecution

maltreatment and persecution both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
maltreatment	Yes	No	No	No
persecution	Yes	No	No	No

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

maltreatment: cruel or inhumane treatment
persecution: the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)

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

maltreatment (noun)	persecution (noun)
cruel or inhumane treatment	the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)

maltreatment vs persecution

maltreatment and persecution both are nouns.

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