Harm vs Disvalue - What's the difference?

harm | disvalue |

As a proper noun harm

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

As a verb disvalue is

to regard something as having little or no value.

As a noun disvalue is

harm, demerit.

harm

English

(wikipedia harm)

Noun

(en noun)

Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.

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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

Anagrams

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disvalue

English

Verb

(disvalu)

To regard something as having little or no value

To undervalue; to depreciate.

(Shakespeare)

Noun

harm, demerit