injury vs flesh wound

flesh wound vs injury

injury and flesh wound both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
injury	Yes	No	No	No
flesh wound	Yes	No	No	No

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

injury: a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
flesh wound: a wound that does not damage important internal organs or shatter any bones

Other hyponyms of injury include blighty wound.

injury (noun)	flesh wound (noun)
wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted	a wound that does not damage important internal organs or shatter any bones
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 flesh wound

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