loss vs injury

loss and injury both are nouns.

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

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

loss: military personnel lost by death or capture
injury: a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat

Other hyponyms of loss include combat injury, wound, sacrifice.

loss (noun)	injury (noun)
the act of losing someone or something	wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted
the disadvantage that results from losing something	an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage
military personnel lost by death or capture	an accident that results in physical damage or hurt
the experience of losing a loved one	a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
euphemistic expressions for death	any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury
the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
something that is lost
gradual decline in amount or activity

Difference between loss and injury

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