trauma vs brain damage

brain damage vs trauma

trauma and brain damage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trauma	Yes	No	No	No
brain damage	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, brain damage is a hyponym of trauma; that is, brain damage is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than trauma:

trauma: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury
brain damage: injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently); can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc.

Other hyponyms of trauma include birth trauma, blast trauma, bleeding, haemorrhage, hemorrhage, blunt trauma, bruise, contusion, bump, burn, dislocation, electric shock, break, fracture, cryopathy, frostbite, intravasation, penetrating injury, penetrating trauma, pinch, rupture, bite, insect bite, sting, strain, whiplash, whiplash injury, wale, weal, welt, wheal, lesion, wound, pull, twist, wrench.

trauma (noun)	brain damage (noun)
an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects	injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently); can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc.
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

Difference between trauma and brain damage

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