harm vs contusion

contusion vs harm

harm and contusion both are nouns.

harm is a verb but contusion is not a verb.

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

As nouns, contusion is a hyponym of harm; that is, contusion 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
contusion: 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, bruise, 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)	contusion (noun)
the act of damaging something or someone	the action of bruising
the occurrence of a change for the worse	an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

harm (verb)	contusion (verb)
cause or do harm to

Difference between harm and contusion

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