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Harm vs Sin - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between harm and sin

is that harm is injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune while sin is a violation of God's will or religious law.

As verbs the difference between harm and sin

is that harm is to cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something while sin is to commit a sin.

As a proper noun Sin is

the god of the moon in Sumerian mythology.

As an abbreviation SIN is

sinaloa, a state of Mexico.

harm

English

(wikipedia harm)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.
  • * , chapter=13
    • , 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

    Anagrams

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    Translingual

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