electric shock vs injury

injury vs electric shock

electric shock and injury both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
electric shock	Yes	No	No	No
injury	Yes	No	No	No

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

electric shock: trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness
injury: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

Other hypernyms of electric shock include harm, hurt, trauma.

electric shock (noun)	injury (noun)
a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body	wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted
the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture	an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage
trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness	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

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