What is the difference between the two?
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Assault is the fact that you touch them at all, and battery is like when a cat plays with a mouse it caught (for lack of a better example). Think of battery as a word that describes the depth of what’s going on.
Battery is unlawfully causing bodily harm to another individual. Assault is, more or less, the intent to commit battery.
If I swing a bat and you and miss, it’s assault. If I swing a bat at you and hit, it’s assault and battery.
Assault is an attempt to commit battery. Battery is the actual physical act of hitting someone.
Assault is the credible threat of violence against a person. Battery is causing bodily harm to another.
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