personnel casualty vs sacrifice

sacrifice vs personnel casualty

personnel casualty and sacrifice both are nouns.

personnel casualty is not a verb while sacrifice is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
personnel casualty	Yes	No	No	No
sacrifice	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, sacrifice is a hyponym of personnel casualty; that is, sacrifice is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than personnel casualty:

personnel casualty: military personnel lost by death or capture
sacrifice: personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)

Other hyponyms of personnel casualty include combat injury, injury, wound.

personnel casualty (noun)	sacrifice (noun)
military personnel lost by death or capture	the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
	the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
	(baseball) an out that advances the base runners
	personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
	a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value

personnel casualty (verb)	sacrifice (verb)
	kill or destroy
	endure the loss of
	make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
	sell at a loss

Difference between personnel casualty and sacrifice

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