harm vs pinch

harm and pinch both are nouns.

harm and pinch both are verbs.

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

As nouns, pinch is a hyponym of harm; that is, pinch 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
pinch: an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed

Other hyponyms of harm include brain damage, 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, rupture, bite, insect bite, sting, strain, whiplash, whiplash injury, wale, weal, welt, wheal, lesion, wound, pull, twist, wrench.

harm (noun)	pinch (noun)
the act of damaging something or someone	a squeeze with the fingers
the occurrence of a change for the worse	the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury	a small sharp bite or snip
	a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
	a slight but appreciable amount
	an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
	a painful or straitened circumstance

harm (verb)	pinch (verb)
cause or do harm to	irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
	squeeze tightly between the fingers
	make ridges into by pinching together
	cut the top off
	make off with belongings of others

Difference between harm and pinch

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