Harmed vs Wounded - What's the difference?

harmed | wounded |

As an adverb harmed

is (l).

As a verb wounded is

(wound).

As an adjective wounded is

suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle.

As a noun wounded is

(qualifier) people who are maimed or have wounds.

harmed

English

Verb

(head)

(harm)

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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wounded

English

Verb

(head)

(wound)

* 1913: )

Nila, Agni's son, brandishing an uptorn tree, rushed on Prahasta; but he wounded the monkey with showers of arows.

Adjective

(head)

Suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle.

* 1883:

...he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded , and still more recently dressed.

(figuratively) Suffering from an emotional injury.

My wounded pride never recovered from her rejection.

Noun

(en-plural noun)

(qualifier) People who are maimed or have wounds.

The wounded lay on stretchers waiting for surgery.

Derived terms

* walking wounded