putting to death vs fell

fell vs putting to death

putting to death and fell both are nouns.

putting to death is not an adjective while fell is an adjective.

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

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

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

putting to death: the act of terminating a life
fell: the act of felling something (as a tree)

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

putting to death (noun)	fell (noun)
the act of terminating a life	the act of felling something (as a tree)
	seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges
	the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

putting to death (adjective)	fell (adjective)
	(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

putting to death (verb)	fell (verb)
	cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
	sew a seam by folding the edges
	pass away rapidly

Difference between putting to death and fell

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