The difference between Kill and Slay

When used as verbs, kill means to put to death, whereas slay means to kill, murder.

Kill is also noun with the meaning: the act of killing.

check bellow for the other definitions of Kill and Slay

  1. Kill as a verb (transitive):

    To put to death; to extinguish the life of.

    Examples:

    "Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and drugs combined."

  2. Kill as a verb (transitive):

    To render inoperative.

    Examples:

    "He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting."

  3. Kill as a verb (transitive, figuratively):

    To stop, cease or render void; to terminate.

    Examples:

    "The editor decided to kill the story."

    "The news that a hurricane had destroyed our beach house killed our plans to sell it."

    "My computer wouldn't respond until I killed some of the running processes."

  4. Kill as a verb (transitive, figuratively, hyperbole):

    To amaze, exceed, stun or otherwise incapacitate.

    Examples:

    "That night, she was dressed to kill."

    "That joke always kills me."

  5. Kill as a verb (transitive, figuratively):

    To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.

    Examples:

    "It kills me to throw out three whole turkeys, but I can't get anyone to take them and they've already started to go bad."

    "It kills me to learn how many poor people are practically starving in this country while rich moguls spend such outrageous amounts on useless luxuries."

  6. Kill as a verb (transitive):

    To use up or to waste.

    Examples:

    "I'm just doing this to kill time."

    "He told the bartender, pointing at the bottle of scotch he planned to consume, "Leave it, I'm going to kill the bottle."

  7. Kill as a verb (transitive, figuratively, informal):

    To exert an overwhelming effect on.

    Examples:

    "Between the two of us, we killed the rest of the case of beer."

    "Look at the amount of destruction to the enemy base. We pretty much killed their ability to retaliate anymore."

  8. Kill as a verb (transitive, figuratively, hyperbole):

    To overpower, overwhelm or defeat.

    Examples:

    "The team had absolutely killed their traditional rivals, and the local sports bars were raucous with celebrations."

  9. Kill as a verb (transitive):

    To force a company out of business.

  10. Kill as a verb (intransitive, informal, hyperbolic):

    To produce intense pain.

    Examples:

    "You don't ever want to get rabies. The doctor will have to give you multiple shots and they really kill."

  11. Kill as a verb (figuratively, informal, hyperbole, transitive):

    To punish severely.

    Examples:

    "My parents are going to kill me!"

  12. Kill as a verb (transitive, sports):

    To strike a ball or similar object with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.

  13. Kill as a verb:

    To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.

  14. Kill as a verb (mathematics, transitive, informal):

    To cause to assume the value zero.

  15. Kill as a verb (computing, Internet, [[IRC]], transitive):

    To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.

  16. Kill as a verb (metallurgy):

    To deadmelt.

  1. Kill as a noun:

    The act of killing.

    Examples:

    "The assassin liked to make a clean kill, and thus favored small arms over explosives."

  2. Kill as a noun:

    Specifically, the death blow.

    Examples:

    "The hunter delivered the kill with a pistol shot to the head."

  3. Kill as a noun:

    The result of killing; that which has been killed.

    Examples:

    "The fox dragged its kill back to its den."

  4. Kill as a noun (volleyball):

    The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.

  1. Kill as a noun:

    A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.

    Examples:

    "The channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills."

    "Schuylkill, Catskill, etc."

  1. Kill as a noun:

    A kiln.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Fuller"

  1. Slay as a verb (now, _, literary):

    To kill, murder.

    Examples:

    "The knight slew the dragon."

    "Our foes must all be slain."

  2. Slay as a verb (literary):

    To eradicate or stamp out.

    Examples:

    "You must slay these thoughts."

  3. Slay as a verb (by extension, colloquial):

    To defeat, overcome (in a competition or contest).

  4. Slay as a verb (slang):

    To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter.

    Examples:

    "Ha ha! You slay me!"

  5. Slay as a verb (slang, ambitransitive):

    To amaze, stun or otherwise incapacitate by awesomeness; to be awesome at something; to kill .

  6. Slay as a verb (slang):

    to have sex with

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