trauma vs wale

trauma and wale both are nouns.

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

As nouns, wale is a hyponym of trauma; that is, wale 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
wale: a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions

Other hyponyms of trauma include brain damage, 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, weal, welt, wheal, lesion, wound, pull, twist, wrench.

trauma (noun)	wale (noun)
an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects	thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury	a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions

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