i mean y when a leader is killed they say he or she has been assasinated yet when some one who is unpopular like normal ppl is killed they say they were murdered??
2006-09-15 01:11:05 · 12 answers · asked by zico 2 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Politics
2006-09-15 03:06:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term "assassinate" is used when a person is killed for fanatical or monetary reasons. It's not reserved for popular or famous people. Singer Sam Cooke was murdered (dispute in a hotel); John Lennon was assassinated (deranged fan).
The word derives from the thirteenth century; it comes from a group of people whose mission was to kill Crusaders. They were known as hashishim, "eaters of hashish".
2006-09-15 01:19:07 · answer #2 · answered by Claude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prominence of the victim IS the difference...
as·sas·si·nate (-ss-nt) KEY
TRANSITIVE VERB:
as·sas·si·nat·ed , as·sas·si·nat·ing , as·sas·si·nates
(1) To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons.
(2) To destroy or injure treacherously: assassinate a rival's character.
2006-09-15 01:16:18 · answer #3 · answered by DrJunk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assassinated means someone of power like a president. Murder is just anyone else.
2006-09-15 01:18:47 · answer #4 · answered by First Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only different between assassination and murder is the word, it means the same thing killing some one, no matter how colorful the word you may choose, to define killing some one, it still the same.
2006-09-15 01:17:06 · answer #5 · answered by soulstore 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
assassinated = meaning you where targeted to be killed from the start
murded = a unlucky person that got killed
2006-09-15 01:20:00 · answer #6 · answered by x_cybernet_x 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assasination is murder but murder is not assasination, which refers to political killing.
2006-09-15 01:18:43 · answer #7 · answered by beez 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage" - Chuck Palahnuik, it's pretty self explanitory. Without us the "famous" people would be nothing, but they are more important than we are when they die. It's bull.
2006-09-15 02:29:31 · answer #8 · answered by the_umbrella 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no difference, if you got assasinated then you got murdered, am I right?
2006-09-15 01:20:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assassination has some kind of political basis to it
2006-09-15 01:55:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋