Difference between Killer and Slayer

What is the difference between Killer and Slayer?

Killer as a noun is that which kills. while Slayer as a noun is one who slays; a killer; a murderer; a destroyer of life.

Killer

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Excellent, very good.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: That which kills. That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task. Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition. A diacritic mark used in Indic scripts to suppress an inherent vowel (e.g., the Hindi viram, the Bengali or Oriya hasanta) or render the entire syllable silent (e.g., the Burmese virama, the Khmer toandakhiat).

Example sentence: It is the hopeful, buoyant, cheerful attitude of mind that wins. Optimism is a success builder; pessimism an achievement killer.

Slayer

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One who slays; a killer; a murderer; a destroyer of life.

We hope you now know whether to use Killer or Slayer in your sentence.

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