penetrating injury vs injury

injury vs penetrating injury

penetrating injury and injury both are nouns.

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

As nouns, injury is a hypernym of penetrating injury; that is, injury is a word with a broader meaning than penetrating injury:

penetrating injury: injury incurred when an object (as a knife or bullet or shrapnel) penetrates into the body
injury: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

Other hypernyms of penetrating injury include harm, hurt, trauma.

penetrating injury (noun)	injury (noun)
injury incurred when an object (as a knife or bullet or shrapnel) penetrates into the body	wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted
	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 penetrating injury and injury

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