"Homicide" is any death caused by another person. "Homo" meaning "man" (as in homo-sapiens). "Cide" from "cida", meaning killing. The term refers to ANY act of a human killing another, and can be accidental, negligent, reckless, justified, etc. If someone dies from someone else's actions, no matter what the intent, justification, or punishment (or lack thereof), that's homicide. Murder is INTENTIONAL homicide with malice, further divided into either premeditated or not premeditated. Homicide is the ACT, murder is the CHARGE when the homicide is claimed to be unlawful and/or unjustified. But homicide on its own does NOT equate to murder. Killing someone in self-defense is homicide, but it is NOT murder.