Contusion vs Stabbing - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between contusion and stabbing

is that contusion is contusion while stabbing is an incident in which a person is stabbed.

(of pain) sharp, intense.

(wikipedia contusion) (en noun)

A wound, such as a bruise, in which the skin is not broken; often having broken blood vessels and discolouration

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(of pain) sharp, intense

Too much running gives me a stabbing pain in the chest.

(en noun)

An incident in which a person is stabbed.

A stabbing took place in the alley last night.

The hospital receives many victims of stabbings .

(head)