rupture vs injury

injury vs rupture

rupture and injury both are nouns.

rupture is a verb but injury is not a verb.

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

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

rupture: state of being torn or burst open
injury: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

Other hypernyms of rupture include harm, hurt, trauma.

rupture (noun)	injury (noun)
the act of making a sudden noisy break	wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)	an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage
state of being torn or burst open	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

rupture (verb)	injury (verb)
separate or cause to separate abruptly

Difference between rupture and injury

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