different between scoring vs injury

English

Adjective

scoring (not comparable)

1. Of something or someone that scores.

   The highest scoring team will win the match.

Noun

scoring (plural scorings)

1. The process of keeping score in a sport or contest.

   The scoring of a tennis match is overseen by a single referee.

2. The process of winning points in a sport or contest.

   Scoring a basket in basketball is worth two or three points.

3. The action of scratching paper or other material to make it easier to fold.
4. A deep groove made by glacial action or similar.

Translations

Verb

scoring

1. present participle of score

Anagrams

• corings

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