harm vs bump

harm and bump both are nouns.

harm and bump both are verbs.

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

As nouns, bump is a hyponym of harm; that is, bump 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
bump: a lump on the body caused by a blow

Other hyponyms of harm include brain damage, birth trauma, blast trauma, bleeding, haemorrhage, hemorrhage, blunt trauma, bruise, contusion, 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)	bump (noun)
the act of damaging something or someone	an impact (as from a collision)
the occurrence of a change for the worse	something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury	a lump on the body caused by a blow

harm (verb)	bump (verb)
cause or do harm to	knock against with force or violence
	remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
	to play music at loud volume
	to enjoy some music greatly
	dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward
	come upon, as if by accident; meet with
	assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

Difference between harm and bump

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