Injury vs Aspersion - What's the difference?
injury | aspersion | Synonyms |
damage to the body of a human or animal
violation of a person, their character, feelings, rights, property, or interests
(archaic) injustice
(obsolete) To wrong, to injure.
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An attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon… .
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(label) A sprinkling of .
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Injury is a synonym of aspersion.
As nouns the difference between injury and aspersion
is that injury is damage to the body of a human or animal while aspersion is an attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon… .As a verb injury
is (obsolete) to wrong, to injure.injury
English
(wikipedia injury)Alternative forms
* enjuryNoun
(injuries)- The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.
- Slander is an injury to the character.
Synonyms
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* harm * hurt * damage * loss * mischief * impairment * detriment * wrong * evil * injusticeVerb
- The best of us doth not so much feare to wrong him, as he doth to injurie his neighbour, his kinsman, or his master.
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Noun
(en noun)- If thou dost break her virgin knot before
- All sanctimonious ceremonies may
- With full and holy rite be minister'd,
- No sweet aspersion shall the heavens let fall
- To make this contract grow; but barren hate [...]