whiplash injury vs injury

injury vs whiplash injury

whiplash injury and injury both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
whiplash injury	Yes	No	No	No
injury	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, injury is a hypernym of whiplash injury; that is, injury is a word with a broader meaning than whiplash injury:

whiplash injury: 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 injury include harm, hurt, trauma.

whiplash injury (noun)	injury (noun)
an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)	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 whiplash injury and injury

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