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suicide vs suttee

suttee vs suicide

suicide and suttee both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
suicide Yes No No No
suttee Yes No No No
As nouns, suttee is a hyponym of suicide; that is, suttee is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than suicide:
  • suicide: the act of killing yourself
  • suttee: the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband
Other hyponyms of suicide include assisted suicide, felo-de-se, hara-kiri, harakiri, harikari, seppuku.
suicide (noun) suttee (noun)
the act of killing yourself the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband
a person who kills himself intentionally
Difference between suicide and suttee

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