Injury vs. Wound
Difference Between Injury and Wound
Injurynoun
Damage to the body of a human or animal.
The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.Woundnoun
An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
Injurynoun
The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.
Slander is an injury to the character.Woundnoun
(figuratively) A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.
It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.Injurynoun
(archaic) Injustice.
Woundnoun
An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
Injuryverb
(obsolete) To wrong, to injure.
Woundverb
(transitive) To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued.Injurynoun
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
Woundverb
(transitive) To hurt (a person's feelings).
The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival.Injurynoun
an accident that results in physical damage or hurt
Woundverb
simple past tense and past participle of wind
Injurynoun
a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
Woundnoun
any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or surgical incision
Injurynoun
an act that injures someone
Woundnoun
a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
Woundnoun
a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride);
he feared that mentioning it might reopen the wounddeep in her breast lives the silent woundThe right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound--that he will never get over itWoundnoun
the act of inflicting a wound
Woundverb
cause injuries or bodily harm to
Woundverb
hurt the feelings of;
She hurt me when she did not include me among her guestsThis remark really bruised me egoWoundadjective
put in a coil
