harm vs brain damage

brain damage vs harm

harm and brain damage both are nouns.

harm is a verb but brain damage is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
harm	Yes	No	Yes	No
brain damage	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, brain damage is a hyponym of harm; that is, brain damage is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than harm:

harm: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury
brain damage: injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently); can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc.

Other hyponyms of harm include birth trauma, blast trauma, bleeding, haemorrhage, hemorrhage, blunt trauma, bruise, contusion, bump, burn, dislocation, electric shock, break, fracture, cryopathy, frostbite, intravasation, penetrating injury, penetrating trauma, pinch, rupture, bite, insect bite, sting, strain, whiplash, whiplash injury, wale, weal, welt, wheal, lesion, wound, pull, twist, wrench.

harm (noun)	brain damage (noun)
the act of damaging something or someone	injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently); can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc.
the occurrence of a change for the worse
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

harm (verb)	brain damage (verb)
cause or do harm to

Difference between harm and brain damage

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