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Wounds vs Injury - What's the difference?

wounds | injury |

As nouns the difference between wounds and injury

is that wounds is while injury is damage to the body of a human or animal.

As verbs the difference between wounds and injury

is that wounds is (wound) while injury is (obsolete) to wrong, to injure.

wounds

English

Noun

(head)

    • Derived terms

    * lick one's wounds

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wound)

    • Anagrams

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    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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