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Assail vs Injurious - What's the difference?

assail | injurious |

As a verb assail

is to attack violently using words or force.

As an adjective injurious is

causing physical harm or injury; harmful.

assail

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To attack violently using words or force.
    • Muggers assailed them as they entered an alley.
    For the next six months or so those children will assail her in public with demands for an improper story! (from H.H. Munro's short story, "The Storyteller").

    injurious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing physical harm or injury; harmful.
  • Causing harm to one's reputation; slanderous, libelous, invidious.

    • Synonyms

    * harmful; see also * slanderous, libelous, defamatory * See also

    Derived terms

    * injuriously * injuriousness