Beheaded v decapitated

[nq:1]Is there a difference? thanks.[/nq]
I think "beheaded" is a sub-category of "decapitated". "Beheaded" is the result of an intentional act; "decapitated" can be accidental.

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[nq:1]I think "beheaded" is a sub-category of "decapitated". "Beheaded" is the result of an intentional act; "decapitated" can be accidental.[/nq]
"decapitated in * accident" 198
"beheaded in * accident" 20
"accidentally decapitated" 196
"accidentally beheaded" 69

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[nq:2]I think "beheaded" is a sub-category of "decapitated". "Beheaded" is the result of an intentional act; "decapitated" can be accidental.[/nq]
[nq:1]"decapitated in * accident" 198 "beheaded in * accident" 20[/nq]
Interesting way to search (at first I didn't really notice the * and thought you meant 'beheaded in accident' - which should surely by 'beheaded by accident'.)
FWIW thoug

[nq:2]I think "beheaded" is a sub-category of "decapitated". "Beheaded" is the result of an intentional act; "decapitated" can be accidental.[/nq]
[nq:1]"decapitated in * accident" 198 "beheaded in * accident" 20 "accidentally decapitated" 196 "accidentally beheaded" 69 [/nq]
Vladimir Nabokov would have agreed with you.
Initially VN wanted to name his novel "Invitation to a Decapitatio

[nq:1]"decapitated in * accident" 198 "beheaded in * accident" 20 "accidentally decapitated" 196 "accidentally beheaded" 69[/nq]
Completely meaningless without a comparison of "decapitated" and "beheaded".

Stewart.

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[nq:1]Not that it proves anything: "accidentally murdered" gives 724 hits. Well, I suppose you can accidentally murder someone, if you murder the wrong person by mistake.[/nq]
That woman who killed the Scarsdale Diet doctor shot him accidentally four times.

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Mark Brader:
[nq:2]"decapitated in * accident" 198 "beheaded in * accident" 20 "accidentally decapitated" 196 "accidentally beheaded" 69[/nq]
Stewart Gordon:
[nq:1]Completely meaningless without a comparison of "decapitated" and "beheaded".[/nq]
No, not when the point was merely to show that "accidentally beheaded" is used.
However, if you insist on not doing it yourself, I get

[nq:2]Not that it proves anything: "accidentally murdered" gives 724 hits.Well, I suppose you can accidentally murder someone, if you murder the wrong person by mistake.[/nq]
[nq:1]That woman who killed the Scarsdale Diet doctor shot him accidentally four times.[/nq]
But to accidentally kill someone is normally considered manslaughter. Was she intending to kill anyone?
Dylan

[nq:1]Well,[/nq]
[nq:2]That woman who killed the Scarsdale Diet doctor shot him accidentally four times.[/nq]
[nq:1]But to accidentally kill someone is normally considered manslaughter. Was she intending to kill anyone?[/nq]
The jury thought so.

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[nq:1]Vladimir Nabokov would have agreed with you. Initially VN wanted to name his novel "Invitation to a Decapitation", but he didn't like that "invitation rhymed with "decapitation" so he opted for "beheading" instead.[/nq]
Speaking of "accidentally" this or that, VN is in the news for having apparently lifted the underlying theme and plot of "Lolita" from an obscure Brit writer of (I believ