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suicide vs assisted suicide

assisted suicide vs suicide

suicide and assisted suicide both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
suicide Yes No No No
assisted suicide Yes No No No
As nouns, assisted suicide is a hyponym of suicide; that is, assisted suicide is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than suicide:
  • suicide: the act of killing yourself
  • assisted suicide: suicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possible
Other hyponyms of suicide include felo-de-se, hara-kiri, harakiri, harikari, seppuku, suttee.
suicide (noun) assisted suicide (noun)
the act of killing yourself suicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possible
a person who kills himself intentionally
Difference between suicide and assisted suicide

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