harm vs rupture

rupture vs harm

harm and rupture both are nouns.

harm and rupture both are verbs.

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

As nouns, rupture is a hyponym of harm; that is, rupture 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
rupture: state of being torn or burst open

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, pinch, bite, insect bite, sting, strain, whiplash, whiplash injury, wale, weal, welt, wheal, lesion, wound, pull, twist, wrench.

harm (noun)	rupture (noun)
the act of damaging something or someone	the act of making a sudden noisy break
the occurrence of a change for the worse	a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury	state of being torn or burst open

harm (verb)	rupture (verb)
cause or do harm to	separate or cause to separate abruptly

Difference between harm and rupture

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