The difference between Hurt and Injure

When used as verbs, hurt means to be painful, whereas injure means to wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.

Hurt is also noun with the meaning: an emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience.

Hurt is also adjective with the meaning: wounded, physically injured.

check bellow for the other definitions of Hurt and Injure

Hurt as a verb (intransitive):

To be painful.

Examples:

"Does your leg still hurt? / It is starting to feel better."
Hurt as a verb (transitive):

To cause (a creature) physical pain and/or injury.

Examples:

"If anybody hurts my little brother I will get upset."
Hurt as a verb (transitive):

To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
Hurt as a verb (transitive):

To undermine, impede, or damage.

Examples:

"This latest gaffe hurts the legislator’s reelection prospects still further."

Hurt as a noun:

An emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience.
Hurt as a noun (archaic):

A bodily injury causing pain; a wound or bruise.
Hurt as a noun (archaic):

injury; damage; detriment; harm
Hurt as a noun (heraldiccharge):

A roundel azure (blue circular spot).
Hurt as a noun (engineering):

A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
Hurt as a noun:

A husk.

Injure as a verb (transitive):

To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
Injure as a verb (transitive):

To damage or impair.
Injure as a verb (transitive):

To do injustice to.