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Injury vs Ache - What's the difference?

injury | ache |

In obsolete terms the difference between injury and ache

is that injury is to wrong, to injure while ache is parsley.

As a proper noun Ache is

a language spoken by the Yi people of South-Western China.

injury

English

(wikipedia injury)

Alternative forms

* enjury

Noun

(injuries)
  • damage to the body of a human or animal
  • The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.
  • violation of a person, their character, feelings, rights, property, or interests
  • Slander is an injury to the character.
  • (archaic) injustice
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * harm * hurt * damage * loss * mischief * impairment * detriment * wrong * evil * injustice

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To wrong, to injure.
  • *, II.12:
  • The best of us doth not so much feare to wrong him, as he doth to injurie his neighbour, his kinsman, or his master.

    ache

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) due to the similarity in form and meaning of the two words.

    Verb

  • To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
  • * Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet , Act II, Scene V:
  • Fie, how my bones ache!
  • * , chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache , the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
  • (transitive, literary, rare) To cause someone or something to suffer pain.
  • Derived terms
    * ache for

    See also

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
  • * Shakespeare, The Tempest , Act I, Scene II:
  • Fill all thy bones with aches .
    Derived terms
    * aches and pains * achy * backache * bellyache * earache * headache * stomachache * toothache

    References

    * Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) and modern (etyl) ache, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Parsley.
  • Etymology 3

    Representing the pronunciation of the letter H .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) A variant spelling of aitch .
  • Anagrams

    * English heteronyms ---- ==Jèrriais==

    Noun

  • wild celery
  • Synonyms

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