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the state of being dead; the end of life
그는 갑작스러운 죽음으로 가족을 떠났다.
He left his family due to a sudden death.
Used more often in literary or formal contexts; everyday speech prefers 사망.
Use 죽음 when talking about the concept of death in a broad, abstract sense; use 사망 for concrete events like a person's death.
In formal writing, 죽음 often appears in philosophical or literary texts; in everyday conversation, 사망 is preferred.
Derived from the verb 죽다 ‘to die’ plus the nominalizing suffix -음.
죽음 is often used in philosophical, literary, or formal discussions about mortality, while 사망 is common in medical or legal contexts.