bruise vs injury

injury vs bruise

bruise and injury both are nouns.

bruise is a verb but injury is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bruise	Yes	No	Yes	No
injury	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, injury is a hypernym of bruise; that is, injury is a word with a broader meaning than bruise:

bruise: an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
injury: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

Other hypernyms of bruise include harm, hurt, trauma.

bruise (noun)	injury (noun)
an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration	wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted
	an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage
	an accident that results in physical damage or hurt
	a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
	any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

bruise (verb)	injury (verb)
damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure
break up into small pieces for food preparation
injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
hurt the feelings of

Difference between bruise and injury

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.