Maim vs Injury - What's the difference?
maim | injury |
To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
*
*:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed , comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local colour) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
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.
*, II.12:
As verbs the difference between maim and injury
is that maim is to wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body while injury is (obsolete) to wrong, to injure.As a noun injury is
damage to the body of a human or animal.maim
English
Verb
(en verb)Synonyms
*Derived terms
* maimerAnagrams
* * ----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
* See alsoSee also
* 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.
