What is the difference between killer and murderer




















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The most notable example of a charming serial killer is Ted Bundy , who would fake an injury to appear harmless to his victims.

Ted Bundy is classified as an organized serial killer; he methodically planned out his murder and generally stalked his victim for several weeks before committing the crime. He committed an estimated thirty murders from before his eventual capture. Serial killers such as Ted Bundy are known to be organized and psychologically motivated to commit murder, which separates them from mass murderers who appear to kill randomly at one time.

Mass murderers kill many people, typically at the same time in a single location. With some exceptions, many mass murders end with the death of the perpetrators, either by self-infliction or by law enforcement. According to Dr. A "killer" is one who kills, in whatever circumstances. He is a "murderer" if the killing was unlawful or, more precisely, it was deliberate and intentional, or as otherwise defined by the laws of the country concerned.

He is an "assassin" if it was politically motivated and probably regarded as murder also, at least in the country where it happened. Charles H. If they were synonyms, there would be no difference The Assassin a plural noun meaning hashish-eaters were certain Muslim fanatics in the time of the Crusades, who were sent forth by their sheikh, the 'Old Man of the Mountains,' to murder the Christian leaders. Students: Are you brave enough to let our tutors analyse your pronunciation?

The owner of it will not be notified. Only the user who asked this question will see who disagreed with this answer. Read more comments. See a translation. Murderer is someone who killed of intent or on purpose.

Killer could be a murderer or it could have been an accident. Killer can be referring to killing anything alive. Murder is of a human. An assissin usually is referred to as a murder who killed someone important.



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