trauma vs bruise

bruise vs trauma

trauma and bruise both are nouns.

trauma is not a verb while bruise is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trauma	Yes	No	No	No
bruise	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, bruise is a hyponym of trauma; that is, bruise 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
bruise: an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration

Other hyponyms of trauma include brain damage, birth trauma, blast trauma, bleeding, haemorrhage, hemorrhage, blunt trauma, 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)	bruise (noun)
an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects	an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

trauma (verb)	bruise (verb)
	damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure
	break up into small pieces for food preparation
	injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
	hurt the feelings of

Difference between trauma and bruise

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