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Injured vs Battered - What's the difference?

injured | battered |

As verbs the difference between injured and battered

is that injured is (injure) while battered is (batter).

As an adjective battered is

beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered, beat-up.

injured

English

Verb

(head)
  • (injure)
  • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "injured" is often applied: man, woman, child, worker, employee, patient, athlete, player, driver, passenger, victim, animal, horse, dog, bird, body, knee, ankle, back, muscle, tissue, leg, arm, hand, foot, head, eye, feelings.

    battered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (batter)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered, beat-up.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1944, author=(w)
  • , title= The Three Corpse Trick, chapter=5 , passage=The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered -looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.}}
  • Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.
  • (label) Coated with batter.