putting to death vs sacrifice

sacrifice vs putting to death

putting to death and sacrifice both are nouns.

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

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

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

putting to death: the act of terminating a life
sacrifice: the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity

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

putting to death (noun)	sacrifice (noun)
the act of terminating a life	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

putting to death (verb)	sacrifice (verb)
	kill or destroy
	endure the loss of
	make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
	sell at a loss

Difference between putting to death and sacrifice

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