What's the difference between uxoricide and uxorious?

Uxoricide


Definition:

  • (n.) The murder of a wife by her husband.
  • (n.) One who murders his wife.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Such events are carefully orchestrated, evoking the history of the institution she represents, so it is unfortunate that her stroll will begin at the Henry VIII gate, named after a notorious uxoricide and probable psychopath.

Uxorious


Definition:

  • (a.) Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being a dependent husband.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "First, my love," said Mr Darcy, who had become increasingly uxorious over time, "it behoves us to run through the back story for those who are not up to speed with the original.
  • (2) These studies, which focus on the sexual distribution of skeletal traits, assume that the degree of intragroup or intergroup biologic diversity is higher in one sex with regard to unilocality (uxori- or virilocality).
  • (3) Such is his uxoriousness that, as he struggles to remember Louisa Musgrove's frothy name, he frankly wishes that all women were called Sophy.