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virulency vs injuriousness

injuriousness vs virulency

virulency and injuriousness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
virulency Yes No No No
injuriousness Yes No No No
As nouns, injuriousness is a hypernym of virulency; that is, injuriousness is a word with a broader meaning than virulency:
  • virulency: extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease)
  • injuriousness: destructiveness that causes harm or injury
Other hypernyms of virulency include harmfulness.
virulency (noun) injuriousness (noun)
extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease) destructiveness that causes harm or injury
extreme hostility
Difference between virulency and injuriousness

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