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Injury vs Mishandle - What's the difference?

injury | mishandle |

As verbs the difference between injury and mishandle

is that injury is (obsolete) to wrong, to injure while mishandle is to handle badly, causing physical injury.

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

    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.

    mishandle

    English

    Verb

  • To handle badly, causing physical injury.
  • To handle incorrectly, to make a mistake in handling a thing or situation.
  • Synonyms

    * (handle badly) maltreat * (handle incorrectly) mismanage

    Anagrams

    * English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Verb

  • to maltreat or mistreat
  • References

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