electrocute vs garrotte

electrocute

verb
  • To kill by electric shock. 

  • To execute by electric shock, often by means of an electric chair. 

  • To inflict a severe electric shock (not necessarily fatal) upon. 

garrotte

verb
  • To execute by strangulation. 

  • To suddenly render insensible by semi-strangulation, and then to rob. 

noun
  • A cord, wire or similar used for strangulation. 

  • An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation. 

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