flesh wound vs injury

injury vs flesh wound

flesh wound and injury both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flesh wound	Yes	No	No	No
injury	Yes	No	No	No

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

flesh wound: a wound that does not damage important internal organs or shatter any bones
injury: a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat

Other hypernyms of flesh wound include combat injury, wound.

flesh wound (noun)	injury (noun)
a wound that does not damage important internal organs or shatter any bones	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

Difference between flesh wound and injury

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