sacrifice vs kill

sacrifice and kill both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of sacrifice include killing, putting to death.

As verbs, kill is a hypernym of sacrifice; that is, kill is a word with a broader meaning than sacrifice:

sacrifice (noun)	kill (noun)
the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity	the act of terminating a life
the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.	the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
(baseball) an out that advances the base runners	the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal
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)	kill (verb)
kill or destroy	mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
endure the loss of	destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals	cause to cease operating
sell at a loss	tire out completely
	end or extinguish by forceful means
	drink down entirely
	cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
	cause the death of, without intention
	deprive of life
	hit with great force
	hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
	overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
	be the source of great pain for
	thwart the passage of
	be fatal