putting to death vs despatch

despatch vs putting to death

putting to death and despatch both are nouns.

putting to death is not a verb while despatch is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
putting to death	Yes	No	No	No
despatch	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, despatch is a hyponym of putting to death; that is, despatch is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than putting to death:

putting to death: the act of terminating a life
despatch: killing a person or animal

Other hyponyms of putting to death include coup de grace, deathblow, death, euthanasia, mercy killing, homicide, dispatch, fell, self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicide, slaughter, poisoning, asphyxiation, suffocation, ritual killing, sacrifice, electrocution, beheading, decapitation, genocide, race murder, racial extermination.

putting to death (noun)	despatch (noun)
the act of terminating a life	the act of sending off something
	killing a person or animal
	the property of being prompt and efficient
	an official report (usually sent in haste)

putting to death (verb)	despatch (verb)
	send away towards a designated goal

Difference between putting to death and despatch

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