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weal vs injury

injury vs weal

weal and injury both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
weal Yes No No No
injury Yes No No No
As nouns, injury is a hypernym of weal; that is, injury 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
  • injury: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury
Other hypernyms of weal include harm, hurt, trauma.
weal (noun) injury (noun)
a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted
an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage
an accident that results in physical damage or hurt
a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury
Difference between weal and injury

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