Difference between Atrocity and Inhumanity

What is the difference between Atrocity and Inhumanity?

Atrocity as a noun is the quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty. while Inhumanity as a noun is the lack of compassion.

Atrocity

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty. An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.

Inhumanity

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The lack of compassion.An inhuman act.

Example sentence: You're going to tell me that things aren't right in Cuba, and so we shouldn't engage. It's lunacy. Look outside your door and see the inhumanity of Americans... that we perpetrate on a daily basis in our lives... and then tell me that you're going to isolate Cuba as an example. I'm sorry; that's unacceptable.

We hope you now know whether to use Atrocity or Inhumanity in your sentence.

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