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parricide vs murderer

murderer vs parricide

parricide and murderer both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
parricide Yes No No No
murderer Yes No No No
As nouns, murderer is a hypernym of parricide; that is, murderer is a word with a broader meaning than parricide:
  • parricide: someone who kills his or her parent
  • murderer: a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
Other hypernyms of parricide include liquidator, manslayer.
parricide (noun) murderer (noun)
the murder of your own father or mother a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
someone who kills his or her parent
Difference between parricide and murderer

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