harm vs bruise

harm and bruise both are nouns.

harm and bruise both are verbs.

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

As nouns, bruise is a hyponym of harm; that is, bruise 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
bruise: an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration

Other hyponyms of harm include brain damage, birth trauma, blast trauma, bleeding, haemorrhage, hemorrhage, blunt trauma, 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)	bruise (noun)
the act of damaging something or someone	an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
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)	bruise (verb)
cause or do harm to	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 harm and bruise

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