The difference between Homicide and Second-degree murder

When used as nouns, homicide means the killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional, whereas second-degree murder means an act of murder with intent, but without premeditation.


check bellow for the other definitions of Homicide and Second-degree murder

  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. Second-degree murder as a noun (legal, chiefly, US):

    An act of murder with intent, but without premeditation.

  2. Second-degree murder as a noun (legal, chiefly, US):

    The crime of murder with intent, but without premeditation.