Difference between Spite and Wound

What is the difference between Spite and Wound?

Spite as a noun is ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; a desire to vex or injure; petty malice; grudge; rancor. while Wound as a noun is an injury, such as a cut or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.

Spite

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; a desire to vex or injure; petty malice; grudge; rancor. Vexation; chagrin; mortification.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To be angry at; to hate. To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart. To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.

Example sentence: Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.

Wound

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An injury, such as a cut or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.A hurt to a person's feelings.An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.To hurt (a person's feelings).To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.

Example sentence: The name 'Seventh-day Adventist' carries the true features of our faith in front and will convict the inquiring mind. Like an arrow from the Lord's quiver, it will wound the transgressors of God's law, and will lead to repentance toward God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

We hope you now know whether to use Spite or Wound in your sentence.

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