sacrifice vs putting to death

putting to death vs sacrifice

sacrifice and putting to death both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of sacrifice include kill, killing.

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

Difference between sacrifice and putting to death

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