The difference between Insult and Wound
When used as nouns, insult means an action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude, whereas wound means an injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
When used as verbs, insult means to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody), whereas wound means to hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
check bellow for the other definitions of Insult and Wound
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Insult as a verb (transitive):
To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone).
Examples:
"RQ:Shakespeare As You Like It act=III scene=v page=199 column=2 passage=And why I pray you? who might be your mother / That you inſult, exult, and all at once / Ouer the wretched?"
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Insult as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (over or against someone).
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Insult as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
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Insult as a noun:
An action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude.
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Insult as a noun:
Anything that causes offence/offense, e.g. by being of an unacceptable quality.
Examples:
"The way the orchestra performed tonight was an insult to my ears."
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Insult as a noun (medicine):
Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes.
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Insult as a noun (obsolete):
The act of leaping on; onset; attack.
Examples:
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Wound as a noun:
An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
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Wound as a noun (figuratively):
A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.
Examples:
"It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult."
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Wound as a noun (criminal, _, legal):
An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
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Wound as a verb (transitive):
To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
Examples:
"The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued."
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Wound as a verb (transitive):
To hurt (a person's feelings).
Examples:
"The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival."
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Wound as a verb: