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injure vs harm

harm vs injure

injure is not a noun while harm is a noun.

injure and harm both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
injure No No Yes No
harm Yes No Yes No
As verbs, harm is a hyponym of injure; that is, harm is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than injure:
  • injure: cause injuries or bodily harm to
  • harm: cause or do harm to
Other hyponyms of injure include trample, concuss, calk, excruciate, torment, torture, overstretch, pull, shock, traumatise, traumatize, maim, rick, sprain, turn, twist, wrench, wrick, subluxate, disable, handicap, incapacitate, invalid, run down, run over, break, fracture, hit, pip, shoot, knife, stab, scrape, skin, bruise, contuse, graze.
injure (noun) harm (noun)
the act of damaging something or someone
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
injure (verb) harm (verb)
cause injuries or bodily harm to cause or do harm to
cause damage or affect negatively
hurt the feelings of
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