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Injury vs Injuring - What's the difference?

injury | injuring |

As verbs the difference between injury and injuring

is that injury is to wrong, to injure while injuring is present participle of injure.

As a noun injury

is damage to the body of a human or animal.

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

    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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    injuring

    English

    Verb

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