butchering vs butchery

butchering

noun
  • The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing. 

butchery

noun
  • The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse. 

  • A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure. 

  • A meat market 

  • An abattoir, a slaughterhouse. 

  • The stereotypical behaviors and accoutrements of being a butch lesbian. 

  • The butchering of meat. 

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