sacrifice vs deed

deed vs sacrifice

sacrifice and deed both are nouns.

sacrifice is a verb but deed is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sacrifice	Yes	No	Yes	No
deed	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, deed is a hypernym of sacrifice; that is, deed is a word with a broader meaning than sacrifice:

sacrifice: the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
deed: something that people do or cause to happen

Other hypernyms of sacrifice include act, human action, human activity.

sacrifice (noun)	deed (noun)
the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity	something that people do or cause to happen
the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.	a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
(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

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

Difference between sacrifice and deed

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