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mutilation vs injury

injury vs mutilation

mutilation and injury both are nouns.

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

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