harm vs weal

harm and weal both are nouns.

harm is a verb but weal is not a verb.

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

As nouns, weal is a hyponym of harm; that is, weal 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
weal: a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions

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

harm (noun)	weal (noun)
the act of damaging something or someone	a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
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)	weal (verb)
cause or do harm to

Difference between harm and weal

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