slaughter vs kill

slaughter and kill both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of slaughter include killing, putting to death.

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

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

slaughter (noun)	kill (noun)
the killing of animals (as for food)	the act of terminating a life
the savage and excessive killing of many people	the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
a sound defeat	the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal

slaughter (verb)	kill (verb)
kill a large number of people indiscriminately	mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
kill (animals) usually for food consumption	destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
	cause to cease operating
	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