sacrifice vs killing

killing vs sacrifice

sacrifice and killing both are nouns.

sacrifice is not an adjective while killing is an adjective.

sacrifice is a verb but killing is not a verb.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of sacrifice include kill, putting to death.

sacrifice (noun)	killing (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.	an event that causes someone to die
(baseball) an out that advances the base runners	a very large profit
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 (adjective)	killing (adjective)
	very funny

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

Difference between sacrifice and killing

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