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harm vs wound

wound vs harm

harm and wound both are nouns.

harm is not an adjective while wound is an adjective.

harm and wound both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
harm Yes No Yes No
wound Yes Yes Yes No
As nouns, wound is a hyponym of harm; that is, wound is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than harm:
  • harm: the act of damaging something or someone
  • wound: the act of inflicting a wound
Other hyponyms of harm include impairment, defacement, disfiguration, disfigurement, mutilation, wounding, burn, defloration.
As nouns, wound is a hyponym of harm; that is, wound 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
  • wound: an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
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, weal, welt, wheal, lesion, pull, twist, wrench.
As verbs, wound is a hypernym of harm; that is, wound is a word with a broader meaning than harm:
  • harm: cause or do harm to
  • wound: cause injuries or bodily harm to
Other hypernyms of harm include injure.
harm (noun) wound (noun)
the act of damaging something or someone the act of inflicting a wound
the occurrence of a change for the worse a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride)
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
harm (adjective) wound (adjective)
put in a coil
harm (verb) wound (verb)
cause or do harm to cause injuries or bodily harm to
hurt the feelings of
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