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Injure vs Fracture - What's the difference?

injure | fracture |

As verbs the difference between injure and fracture

is that injure is to wound or cause physical harm to a living creature while fracture is .

injure

English

(injury)

Verb

(injur)
  • To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
  • To damage or impair.
  • To do injustice to.
  • Synonyms

    * harm * damage * hurt * disfigure * wound * mar * impair

    Antonyms

    * praise * help * preserve * benefit

    fracture

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of breaking, or something that has broken, especially that in bone or cartilage
  • (geology) a fault or crack in a rock
  • Derived terms

    * compound fracture * fracture mechanics * greenstick fracture * hairline fracture * incomplete fracture * Jones fracture * simple fracture * Smith's fracture * stress fracture * tracheal fracture * vowel fracture

    Verb

  • to break, or cause something to break