injury vs blunt trauma

blunt trauma vs injury

injury and blunt trauma both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
injury	Yes	No	No	No
blunt trauma	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, blunt trauma is a hyponym of injury; that is, blunt trauma is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than injury:

injury: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury
blunt trauma: injury incurred when the human body hits or is hit by a large outside object (as a car)

Other hyponyms of injury include brain damage, birth trauma, blast trauma, bleeding, haemorrhage, hemorrhage, 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, wound, pull, twist, wrench.

injury (noun)	blunt trauma (noun)
wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted	injury incurred when the human body hits or is hit by a large outside object (as a car)
an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage
an accident that results in physical damage or hurt
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

Difference between injury and blunt trauma

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