trauma vs electric shock

electric shock vs trauma

trauma and electric shock both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trauma	Yes	No	No	No
electric shock	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, electric shock is a hyponym of trauma; that is, electric shock 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
electric shock: trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness

Other hyponyms of trauma include brain damage, birth trauma, blast trauma, bleeding, haemorrhage, hemorrhage, blunt trauma, bruise, contusion, bump, burn, dislocation, 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)	electric shock (noun)
an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects	a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury	the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture
	trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness

Difference between trauma and electric shock

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