Harm vs Deter - What's the difference?

harm | deter |

As a proper noun harm

is , low german, derived from herman, meaning "army man".

As a verb deter is

to prevent something from happening.

harm

English

(wikipedia harm)

Noun

(en noun)

Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.

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, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.}}

That which causes injury, damage, or loss.

* (William Shakespeare)

We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms .

Usage notes

* Adjectives often applied to "harm": bodily, physical, environmental, emotional, financial, serious, irreparable, potential, long-term, short-term, permanent, lasting, material, substantial.

Verb

(en verb)

To cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.

Derived terms

* do no harm * harmer * harmless * harm's way * self-harm * unharmed

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deter

English

Verb

(deterr)

To prevent something from happening.

To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.

* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.

we have in following enquiry, attempted to throw some light upon subjects, from which uncertainty has hitherto deterred the wise

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