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I was trying to write "Half of the population will die" in Google Translate. I
wrote：

「人口の半分は死にます。」

But Google decided this was better:

「人口の半分が死亡します。」

Are these just different ways to write the same sentence, or is using the noun
and する verb better for this sentence?
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word-choice nuances wago-and-kango
What is the difference between these sentences?
Neither is better than the other per se, but there is a clear difference in
formality. As usual, the kango version (死亡) is more formal, whereas the wago
version (死ぬ) is more common in casual speech.

See questions tagged with [wago-and-kango](/questions/tagged/wago-and-kango
"show questions tagged 'wago-and-kango'").
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