weal vs harm
harm vs wealweal and harm both are nouns.
weal is not a verb while harm is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| weal | Yes | No | No | No |
| harm | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
harm is a hypernym of
weal; that is, harm is a
word with a broader meaning than weal:
- weal: a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
- harm: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury
| weal (noun) | harm (noun) |
|---|---|
| a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions | the act of damaging something or someone |
| the occurrence of a change for the worse | |
| any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury |
| weal (verb) | harm (verb) |
|---|---|
| cause or do harm to |
Words related to "harm"
- alteration
- birth trauma
- bite
- blast trauma
- bleeding
- blunt trauma
- brain damage
- break
- bruise
- bump
- burn
- change
- change of integrity
- contusion
- cryopathy
- damage
- defacement
- defloration
- deformation
- detriment
- disfiguration
- disfigurement
- dislocation
- distortion
- electric shock
- fracture
- frostbite
- haemorrhage
- health problem
- hemorrhage
- hurt
- ill health
- impairment
- injure
- injury
- insect bite
- intravasation
- ladder
- lesion
- modification
- mutilation
- penetrating injury
- penetrating trauma
- pinch
- pull
- ravel
- run
- rupture
- scathe
- sicken
- sting
- strain
- trauma
- twist
- unhealthiness
- wale
- weal
- welt
- wheal
- whiplash
- whiplash injury
- wound
- wounding
- wrench
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