different between injury vs devastation

English

Etymology

From Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin ini?ria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + i?s, i?ris (“right, law”). Doublet of injuria.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n.d??.?i/, /??n.d??i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??n.d??.?i/, /??n.d??i/

Noun

injury (countable and uncountable, plural injuries)

1. Damage to the body of a human or animal.

   The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.

2. The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.

   Slander is an injury to the character.

3. (archaic) Injustice.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:injury

Related terms

• injure
• injurious

Translations

See also

• damage
• detriment
• evil
• harm
• hurt
• impairment
• injustice
• loss
• mischief
• wrong

Verb

injury (third-person singular simple present injuries, present participle injurying, simple past and past participle injuried)

1. (obsolete) To wrong, to injure.
   • II.12:

     The best of us doth not so much feare to wrong him, as he doth to injurie his neighbour, his kinsman, or his master.

Further reading

• injury in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• injury in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Ry?jin

Middle English

Noun

injury

1. Alternative form of injurie

English

Etymology

From Middle French dévastation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?.v??ste?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

devastation (countable and uncountable, plural devastations)

1. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
   • 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):

     Perhaps as startling as the sheer toll was the devastation to some of the state’s well-known locales. Boardwalks along the beach in Seaside Heights, Belmar and other towns on the Jersey Shore were blown away. Amusement parks, arcades and restaurants all but vanished. Bridges to barrier islands buckled, preventing residents from even inspecting the damage to their property.

2. (law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastavit.

   Synonym: devastavit

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