dislocation vs injury

injury vs dislocation

dislocation and injury both are nouns.

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

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

dislocation: a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
injury: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

Other hypernyms of dislocation include harm, hurt, trauma.

dislocation (noun)	injury (noun)
the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue	wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted
an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity	an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage
a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)	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

Difference between dislocation and injury

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