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injury vs mutilation

mutilation vs injury

injury and mutilation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
injury Yes No No No
mutilation Yes No No No
As nouns, mutilation is a hyponym of injury; that is, mutilation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than injury:
  • injury: an accident that results in physical damage or hurt
  • mutilation: an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part
Other hyponyms of injury include concussion.
injury (noun) mutilation (noun)
wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage an injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part
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 mutilation

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