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by eitland 4727 days ago
Terrorism implies the use of terror, -choosing targets and tactics not to inflict the biggest/smallest damage but to scare.

Typically this results in attacks on civilians instead of attacking enemy soldiers (who have been trained to handle fear). Other typical traits: using weapons that creates visible damage, injures etc

The sets of freedom fighters and terrorists might intercept but neither is a subset of the other.