injury vs fracture

fracture vs injury

injury and fracture both are nouns.

injury is not a verb while fracture is a verb.

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

As nouns, fracture is a hyponym of injury; that is, fracture 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
fracture: breaking of hard tissue such as bone

Other hyponyms of injury include brain damage, birth trauma, blast trauma, bleeding, haemorrhage, hemorrhage, blunt trauma, bruise, contusion, bump, burn, dislocation, electric shock, break, 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)	fracture (noun)
wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted	the act of cracking something
an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage	(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
an accident that results in physical damage or hurt	breaking of hard tissue such as bone
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)	fracture (verb)
	fracture a bone of
	become fractured
	violate or abuse
	break into pieces
	interrupt, break, or destroy

$Difference between injury and fracture$

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