Infringement vs Detriment - What's the difference?
infringement | detriment |
a violation or breach, as of a law
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 18
, author=Ben Dirs
, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia
, work=BBC Sport
an encroachment on a right, a person, a territory, or a property
* {{quote-news
, year=2008
, date=February 27
, author=Kira Cochrane
, title=How could it happen again?
, work=The Guardian
Harm, hurt, damage.
* {{quote-book
, year=1872
, author=Fyodor Dostoyevsky
, title=The Possessed
, chapter=7
(UK, obsolete) A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy.
As nouns the difference between infringement and detriment
is that infringement is a violation or breach, as of a law while detriment is detriment.infringement
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Georgia, ranked 16th in the world, dominated the breakdown before half-time and forced England into a host of infringements , but fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili missed three penalties.}}
citation, page= , passage=As soon as it was suggested that it was considering the Swedish model – in which men are criminalised for buying sex, but the women working in prostitution are decriminalised – a slew of prominent male columnists started arguing against this infringement on a man's right to purchase a woman's body. }}
detriment
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=“But marriage in secret, Nikolay Vsyevolodovitch — a fatal secret. I receive money from you, and I'm suddenly asked the question, 'What's that money for?' My hands are tied; I cannot answer to the detriment of my sister, to the detriment of the family honour.”}}