wound vs loss
loss vs woundwound and loss both are nouns.
wound is an adjective but loss is not an adjective.
wound is a verb but loss is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wound | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| loss | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
loss is a hypernym of
wound; that is, loss is a
word with a broader meaning than wound:
- wound: a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
- loss: military personnel lost by death or capture
Other hypernyms of wound include
personnel casualty.
| wound (noun) | loss (noun) |
|---|---|
| the act of inflicting a wound | the act of losing someone or something |
| a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat | the disadvantage that results from losing something |
| a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride) | military personnel lost by death or capture |
| an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) | the experience of losing a loved one |
| euphemistic expressions for death | |
| the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue | |
| something that is lost | |
| gradual decline in amount or activity |
| wound (adjective) | loss (adjective) |
|---|---|
| put in a coil |
| wound (verb) | loss (verb) |
|---|---|
| cause injuries or bodily harm to | |
| hurt the feelings of |
Words related to "wound"
- abase
- abrasion
- affront
- armed forces
- armed services
- arouse
- bite
- blighty wound
- break
- bruise
- calk
- chagrin
- coiled
- combat injury
- concuss
- contuse
- cut
- damage
- disable
- diss
- distress
- elicit
- enkindle
- evoke
- excoriation
- excruciate
- fire
- flesh wound
- fracture
- gash
- graze
- handicap
- harm
- hit
- humble
- humiliate
- hurt
- incapacitate
- injure
- injury
- insult
- invalid
- kindle
- knife
- lacerate
- laceration
- lesion
- loss
- maim
- mangle
- maul
- military
- military machine
- mortify
- offend
- overstretch
- personnel casualty
- pip
- provoke
- pull
- raise
- raw wound
- rick
- run down
- run over
- scathe
- scrape
- scratch
- shock
- shoot
- skin
- slash
- slice
- spite
- sprain
- spur
- stab
- stigmata
- sting
- subluxate
- suffering
- torment
- torture
- trample
- trauma
- traumatise
- traumatize
- turn
- twist
- war machine
- wounding
- wrench
- wrick
Words related to "loss"
- amount
- amount of money
- armed forces
- armed services
- capitulation
- casualty
- combat injury
- death
- decease
- decline
- default
- departure
- deprivation
- diminution
- disadvantage
- epilation
- euphemism
- exit
- experience
- expiration
- expiry
- failure
- fall
- financial loss
- forfeit
- forfeiture
- gain
- going
- injury
- lossy
- military
- military machine
- paper loss
- passing
- personnel casualty
- red
- red ink
- reducing
- release
- sacrifice
- squeeze
- sum
- sum of money
- surrender
- transferred possession
- transferred property
- war machine
- wastage
- wound
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