Dent vs Wound - What's the difference?

Dent is a related term of wound.

In lang=en terms the difference between dent and wound

is that dent is to develop a dent or dents while wound is to hurt (a person's feelings).

As nouns the difference between dent and wound

is that dent is a shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact or dent can be (engineering) a tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc while wound is an injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.

As verbs the difference between dent and wound

is that dent is to impact something, producing a dent while wound is to hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin or wound can be (wind).

dent

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) . More at dint.

Noun

(en noun)

A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.

The crash produced a dent in the left side of the car.

(by extension, informal) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action

That purchase put a bit of a dent in my wallet.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=April 11 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Andy Carroll's first goals since his £35m move to Liverpool put a dent in Manchester City's Champions League hopes as they were emphatically swept aside at Anfield.}}

Verb

(en verb)

To impact something, producing a dent.

To develop a dent or dents.

''Copper is soft and dents easily.

Etymology 2

(etyl), from (etyl) dens, dentis, tooth. See tooth.

Noun

(en noun)

(engineering) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.

(Knight)

Anagrams

* English ergative verbs ----

wound

English

Etymology 1

Noun from (etyl) wund, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.

* 2013 , Phil McNulty, "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23830980]", BBC Sport , 1 September 2013:

The visitors were without Wayne Rooney after he suffered a head wound in training, which also keeps him out of England's World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine.

* Shakespeare

Showers of blood / Rained from the wounds of slaughtered Englishmen.

* 1883:

I went below, and did what I could for my wound ; it pained me a good deal, and still bled freely; but it was neither deep nor dangerous, nor did it greatly gall me when I used my arm.

(figuratively) A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, etc.

It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.

An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.

Synonyms

* (injury) injury, lesion * (sense, something that offends a person's feelings) slight, slur, insult * See also

Derived terms

* dirty wound * entry wound * exit wound * flesh wound * rub salt in the wound * suck one's wounds * time heals all wounds

Verb

(en verb)

To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.

The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued.

To hurt (a person's feelings).

The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival.

Synonyms

* (injure) hurt, injure * offend

Etymology 2

See (Etymology 2)

Verb

(head)

(wind)

* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=

, title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck?; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […]”}} English heteronyms English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms