Linguistic questions are recurrent facts in our daily lives, especially because we make use of the linguistic system as imminently social beings. Some doubts of different natures are directly related to orthographic issues and are, consequently, linked to semantics, since both aspects establish correlations. each other.
In view of this reality, the article in question aims to address the linguistic brands that make up the verbs "harm" and "injure", since both tend to "annoy" some users, generating doubts.
Thus, it is worth mentioning that the Houaiss dictionary registers them as synonyms, whose semantic meaning refers to “causing physical injury”. Thus, if our intention is to say that someone is injured, bruised, we can either affirm that he is INJURED or INJURED.
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However, it is also relevant to emphasize that the word “injured” has another meaning, revealed by the act of violating someone's right, morally harming, offending. So let's look at an example:
The consumer felt aggrieved, so he looked for the rights that were conceived for him.
In view of these assumptions, always choose to use the verb “injury”, if the meaning refers to physical injury.
By Vânia Duarte
Graduated in Letters
Would you like to reference this text in a school or academic work? Look:
DUARTE, Vânia Maria do Nascimento. "Injure and Injure"; Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/gramatica/lesar-lesionar.htm. Accessed on June 28, 2021.
