Difference between Slaughterer and Butcher

Slaughterer

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Agent noun of slaughter; one who slaughters. A butcher.

Butcher

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).A brutal or indiscriminate killer.(Cockney rhyming slang, via butcher's hook) A look.A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses , etc. (old, informal).

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To slaughter animals and prepare meat for market.To kill brutally.To ruin something, often to the point of defamation.

Example sentence: Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.