What's the difference between homicide and murder?

People are often confused by the terms homicide, murder and manslaughter. When reading the newspaper, they wonder why one defendant gets life for murder, while another person gets probation for manslaughter, which, in a way, sounds worse than murder. read more

Murder vs Homicide Homicide is a word that is increasingly being used in magazines, newspapers, and websites these days. This is, in fact, a word found in American English, and it refers to the act of killing of a human being just like murder does. read more

The terms murder and homicide are frequently interchanged; however, there is a difference between the two. Homicide is the killing of one person by another. Murder is a form of criminal homicide, where the perpetrator intended to kill the other person, sometimes with premeditation (a plan to kill). read more