The difference between Ethnic cleansing and Genocide

When used as nouns, ethnic cleansing means the mass expulsion or killing of people belonging to one ethnic or religious group by those of another, whereas genocide means the systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, political beliefs, social status, or other particularities.


Genocide is also verb with the meaning: to commit genocide (against).

check bellow for the other definitions of Ethnic cleansing and Genocide

  1. Ethnic cleansing as a noun:

    The mass expulsion or killing of people belonging to one ethnic or religious group by those of another.

  1. Genocide as a noun:

    The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, political beliefs, social status, or other particularities.

  2. Genocide as a noun (by extension):

    The systematic suppression of ideas on the basis of cultural or ethnic origin; culturicide.

  3. Genocide as a noun (video games, [[roguelike]]s, transitive):

    The elimination of an entire class of monsters by the player.

  1. Genocide as a verb:

    To commit genocide (against); to eliminate (a group of people) completely.