The difference between Slur and Wound

When used as nouns, slur means an insult or slight, whereas wound means an injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.

When used as verbs, slur means to insult or slight, whereas wound means to hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.

check bellow for the other definitions of Slur and Wound

  1. Slur as a noun:

    An insult or slight.

    Examples:

    "a racial slur'"

  2. Slur as a noun (music):

    A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.

  3. Slur as a noun (music):

    The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).

    Examples:

    "coordinate terms tie id1=musical notation"

  4. Slur as a noun (obsolete):

    A trick or deception.

  5. Slur as a noun:

    In knitting machines, a device for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.

  1. Slur as a verb:

    To insult or slight.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Tennyson"

  2. Slur as a verb:

    To run together; to articulate poorly.

    Examples:

    "to slur syllables;  He slurs his speech when he is drunk."

  3. Slur as a verb (music):

    To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Busby"

  4. Slur as a verb:

    To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Cudworth"

  5. Slur as a verb:

    To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.

  6. Slur as a verb:

    To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.

  7. Slur as a verb (printing, dated):

    To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.

  1. Wound as a noun:

    An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.

  2. 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."

  3. Wound as a noun (criminal, _, legal):

    An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.

  1. 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."

  2. 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."

  1. Wound as a verb:

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