different between felony vs terrorism

English

Alternative forms

• fellonie

Etymology

From Middle English felony, felonie, from Old French felonie (“evil, immoral deed”), from felon (“evildoer”). Ultimately of Proto-Germanic origin. More at felon.

Pronunciation

• enPR: f?'l?-n?, IPA^(key): /?f?.l?.ni/

Noun

felony (plural felonies)

1. (US, law) A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year or by death.

Related terms

• felon
• felonious
• felonize

Translations

See also

• misdemeanor (less serious crime)

English

Etymology

From French terrorisme, from terreur +? -isme, equivalent to terror +? -ism.

The word first appears in English in 1795 in reference to the Jacobin radicals of France, who ruled during the Reign of Terror.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?????z?m/

Noun

terrorism (usually uncountable, plural terrorisms)

1. The deliberate commission of an act of violence to create public fear through the suffering of the victims in the furtherance of a political or social agenda.
2. The use of unlawful violence against people or property to achieve political objectives.
3. A form of psychological manipulation through warfare to the purpose of political or religious gains, by means of deliberately creating a climate of fear amongst the inhabitants of a specific geographical region.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• terrorist
• counter-terrorism
• ecoterrorism
• narcoterrorism

Translations

Swedish

Etymology

terror +? -ism

Pronunciation

Noun

terrorism c

1. terrorism

Declension

Related terms

• terrorisera
• terrorist