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sex crime vs rape

rape vs sex crime

sex crime and rape both are nouns.

sex crime is not a verb while rape is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sex crime Yes No No No
rape Yes No Yes No
As nouns, rape is a hyponym of sex crime; that is, rape is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sex crime:
  • sex crime: a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat
  • rape: the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
Other hyponyms of sex crime include molestation, assault, ravishment, violation.
sex crime (noun) rape (noun)
a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
the act of despoiling a country in warfare
Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop
sex crime (verb) rape (verb)
destroy and strip of its possession
force (someone) to have sex against their will
Difference between sex crime and rape

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