different between lingchi vs lingzhi

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From Mandarin ????? (língchí).

lingchi (uncountable)

A form of execution used in China from roughly 900 to 1905 C.E., the "death by a thousand cuts", in which the condemned was killed by methodical removal of body parts with a knife.
Synonym: slow slicing

From Mandarin ????? (língzh?).

lingzhi

A medicinal mushroom used in traditional Chinese medicine, Ganoderma lucidum and other closely related mushroom of the genus Ganoderma.

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