How come famous people are called assasinated, but regular people are called murdered when killed by someone?

Question

How famous do you have to be to be called assasinated, when you are killed by someone? Why is it that regular people are instead called murdered when they are killed by someone?

Answer 1

This difference in terminology is a result of the acceptance of specific linguistic constructs by a majority of a population set.

But, to be more specific, a national, public figure who is killed on the job or because of his job is usually given the assassination distinction.

Answer 2

Assassination is the targeted "planed" killing of a high-profile individual. An added distinction between assassination and other forms of killing is that the assassin has an ideological or political motivation,