Injurious vs Vicious - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between injurious and vicious

is that injurious is causing physical harm or injury; harmful while vicious is pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.

(en adjective)

Causing physical harm or injury; harmful.

Causing harm to one's reputation; slanderous, libelous, invidious.

* harmful; see also * slanderous, libelous, defamatory * See also

* injuriously * injuriousness

* (obsolete)

(en-adj)

Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.

*, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.195:

*:We may so seize on vertue, that if we embrace it with an over-greedy and violent desire, it may become vicious .

Evil, immoral or depraved.

Violent, destructive and cruel.

Savage and aggressive.

* vicious circle