injury vs bruise

bruise vs injury

injury and bruise both are nouns.

injury is not a verb while bruise is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
injury	Yes	No	No	No
bruise	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, bruise is a hyponym of injury; that is, bruise 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
bruise: an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration

Other hyponyms of injury include brain damage, birth trauma, blast trauma, bleeding, haemorrhage, hemorrhage, blunt trauma, 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)	bruise (noun)
wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted	an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
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

injury (verb)	bruise (verb)
	damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure
	break up into small pieces for food preparation
	injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
	hurt the feelings of

Difference between injury and bruise

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