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whiplash vs injury

injury vs whiplash

whiplash and injury both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
whiplash Yes No No No
injury Yes No No No
As nouns, injury is a hypernym of whiplash; that is, injury is a word with a broader meaning than whiplash:
  • whiplash: an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)
  • injury: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury
Other hypernyms of whiplash include harm, hurt, trauma.
whiplash (noun) injury (noun)
a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted
an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident) 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
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