different between discolour vs injure

English

Etymology

From dis- +? colour

Verb

discolour (third-person singular simple present discolours, present participle discolouring, simple past and past participle discoloured)

1. British and Canadian standard spelling of discolor.

Derived terms

Related terms

• discolourization

English

Etymology

A back-formation from injury, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin ini?ria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + i?s, i?ris (“right, law”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??nd??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nd??/
• Rhymes: -?nd??(?)

Verb

injure (third-person singular simple present injures, present participle injuring, simple past and past participle injured)

1. (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.

2. (transitive) To damage or impair.
3. (transitive) To do injustice to.

Synonyms

Antonyms

• praise
• help
• preserve
• benefit

Related terms

• injurious
• injury

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French injurie, borrowed from Latin injuria, ini?ria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.?y?/

Noun

injure f (plural injures)

1. offense, insult

Related terms

• injurier

References

“injure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Adjective

inj?re

1. vocative masculine singular of inj?rus