Difference between Mutilate and Murder

What is the difference between Mutilate and Murder?

Mutilate as a verb is to physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb. while Murder as a verb is to deliberately kill (a person or persons).

Mutilate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb. To destroy beyond recognition. To render imperfect.

Murder

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An act of deliberate killing of another human being.The crime of deliberate killing.(When used as a predicative noun): Something terrible to endure.The collective noun for crows

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To deliberately kill (a person or persons).To defeat decisively.To botch or mangleTo kick someone's ass or chew someone out (used to express one's anger at somebody).to devour, ravish.

We hope you now know whether to use Mutilate or Murder in your sentence.

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