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shooting vs drive-by killing

drive-by killing vs shooting

shooting and drive-by killing both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
shooting Yes No No No
drive-by killing Yes No No No
As nouns, drive-by killing is a hyponym of shooting; that is, drive-by killing is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than shooting:
  • shooting: killing someone by gunfire
  • drive-by killing: homicide committed by shooting from a moving automobile
Other hyponyms of shooting include drive-by shooting, wing shooting.
shooting (noun) drive-by killing (noun)
the act of firing a projectile homicide committed by shooting from a moving automobile
killing someone by gunfire
Difference between shooting and drive-by killing

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