sacrifice vs human action

human action vs sacrifice

sacrifice and human action both are nouns.

sacrifice is a verb but human action is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sacrifice	Yes	No	Yes	No
human action	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, human action is a hypernym of sacrifice; that is, human action 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.
human action: something that people do or cause to happen

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

sacrifice (noun)	human action (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.
(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)	human action (verb)
kill or destroy
endure the loss of
make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
sell at a loss

Difference between sacrifice and human action

Words related to "human action"

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