The difference between Homicide and Manslaughter

When used as nouns, homicide means the killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional, whereas manslaughter means the slaying of a human being.


check bellow for the other definitions of Homicide and Manslaughter

  1. Homicide as a noun (countable, crime):

    The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.

  2. Homicide as a noun (countable):

    A person who kills another.

  3. Homicide as a noun (countable, US, police jargon):

    A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.

  1. Manslaughter as a noun (obsolete):

    The slaying of a human being.

  2. Manslaughter as a noun (law):

    The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger.