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Injury vs Detraction - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between injury and detraction

is that injury is damage to the body of a human or animal while detraction is the act of detracting something, or something detracted.

As a verb injury

is to wrong, to injure.

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

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    Related terms

    * injure * injurious

    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.

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    detraction

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia detraction)
  • The act of detracting something, or something detracted.
  • A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander.
  • * (Isaac Barrow)
    • If indeed we consider all the frivolous and petulant discourse, the impertinent chattings, the rash censures, the spiteful detractions which are so rife in the world
  • (Roman Catholic Church ) The act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person.

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