Difference between Behead and Decapitate

BEHEAD vs DECAPITATE: VERB

To destroy or incapacitate (a government or organization, for example) by killing or removing its leader or leaders.
To cut off the head of; to behead.
To remove summarily from office.
To cut off the head of; behead.

To cut off the head of; kill or execute by decapitation.
Figuratively, to deprive of the head, top, or foremost part of: as, to behead a statue or a word.
To tap (a stream) and divert its upper waters through new channels: said of the encroachment of one stream upon another in such a way as to ‘capture’ its head and upper tributaries.

Of a word, to cut off the beginning.
In mathematics, to strike out, as the highest number of the symbol, in the symbolic method of calculating seminvariants.
To remove from office summarily.
To behead; cut off the head of.

Imprison, Terrorize, Sodomize, Electrocute, Maim, Impale, Crucify, Assassinate, Disembowel, Slay, Mutilate, Abduct, Kidnap, Kill, Decapitate

Eviscerate, Terrorize, Maim, Electrocute, Strangle, Bludgeon, Slay, Castrate, Impale, Assassinate, Disembowel, Mutilate, Dismember, Kill, Behead

Brutalize, Castrate, Desecrate, Imprison, Terrorize, Electrocute, Impale, Crucify, Disembowel, Slay, Mutilate, Abduct, Kidnap, Kill, Decapitate

Desecrate, Kidnap, Stab, Abduct, Brutalize, Eviscerate, Terrorize, Electrocute, Strangle, Slay, Castrate, Impale, Disembowel, Mutilate, Kill

He has a kukri knife, used to behead bullocks in a single stroke.
Herod sorrowed at the request of his wife to behead John the Baptist.
And Josue dyde cal swa Moises him behead and feht ongen Amalcch.
Sinai dune, swa Drihten him behead, and bzr pa tabulan mid him.
But he managed with the help of Athena to behead her using his shield as a mirror.
Should I behead him or welcome him respectfully?
But then Silva helps distract Khan so Fletcher can behead him.
Do not behead your opponent if you had a good fight.
Which window to climb through before they behead him.
In response, Valentinian had ordered him to behead Africanus.

Can a sheet of glass flying in a tornado decapitate someone?
The only solution is to decapitate the bear.
Muslim prophet, whom Islam considers a paragon, believers do not debate the matter, they decapitate.
His boosted strength also allowed him to decapitate the Female Titan with one punch.
Ash is then forced to decapitate his girlfriend with a shovel in self-defense.
When Wesley prepared to decapitate her body, a haunting vision of Lilah appeared.
It's goingto trade all its pawns in order to decapitate a king.
Remove skin from head and decapitate at a level even with forelimbs.
The Executioner sword however, was intended to decapitate its victims.
President did not decapitate any of his Cabinet officers.