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injury vs brain damage

brain damage vs injury

injury and brain damage both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
injury Yes No No No
brain damage Yes No No No
As nouns, brain damage is a hyponym of injury; that is, brain damage 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
  • brain damage: injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently); can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc.
Other hyponyms of injury include 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, wound, pull, twist, wrench.
injury (noun) brain damage (noun)
wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently); can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc.
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
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