Injured or wounded?

[rich 7]

could you please explain the difference between "wounded" and
"injured"

thanks... :?:

[Alan]

You could be injured in an accident as in a car crash but you are wounded in some kind of aggression/battle/war. A soldier could be wounded in a war
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[Gambrose]

"Wounded" was used to mean hurt in combat, while "injured" was used for non-combat injuries. I noticed that during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991) the media and the military stopped using "wounded" and now "injured" seems to be used exclusively for people hurt in combat. I have been wondering what brought about the change.

[Mister Micawber]

Euphemism.
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[LeopardBoy]

My understanding is that a wound is an actual puncture whereas one could be injured internally with no visible wound.

[Beeesneees]

I don't usually quote Wikipedia as I don't feel it's reliable... but I think they have this one right:

In medicine, a wound is a type of injury in which skin is torn, cut or punctured (an open wound), or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion (a closed wound).
In pathology, it specifically refers to a sharp injury which damages the dermis of the skin.
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[Mister Micawber]

So, 'I wounded myself with the tweezers'?
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[Beeesneees]

Hee, hee! There's always someone to point out the extremes. ;-)

Over many years, I have certainly seen what appear to be some severe eyebrow injuries caused by tweezers!
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