Main Difference
The main difference between Accident and Injury is that the Accident is a unforeseen and unplanned event or circumstance and Injury is a physiological wound caused by an external source.
Accident
An accident, also known as an unintentional injury, is an undesirable, incidental, and unplanned event that could have been prevented had circumstances leading up to the accident been recognized, and acted upon, prior to its occurrence. Most scientists who study unintentional injury avoid using the term “accident” and focus on factors that increase risk of severe injury and that reduce injury incidence and severity.
Injury
Injury is damage to the body caused by external force. This may be caused by accidents, falls, hits, weapons, and other causes. Major trauma is injury that has the potential to cause prolonged disability or death.
In 2013, 4.8 million people died from injuries, up from 4.3 million in 1990. More than 30% of these deaths were transport-related injuries. In 2013, 367,000 children under the age of five died from injuries, down from 766,000 in 1990. Injuries are the cause of 9% of all deaths, and are the sixth-leading cause of death in the world.
Accident (noun)
An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences.
“to die by an accident”
Accident (noun)
Especially, a collision or similar unintended event that causes damage or death.
“There was a huge accident on I5 involving 15 automobiles.”
“My insurance went up after the second accident in three months.”
Accident (noun)
Any chance event.
Accident (noun)
Chance.
Accident (noun)
Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential.
“Beauty is an accident.”
Accident (noun)
An instance of incontinence.
Accident (noun)
An unintended pregnancy.
Accident (noun)
A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.
Accident (noun)
A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, such as gender, number, or case.
Accident (noun)
An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause.
Accident (noun)
A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
Accident (noun)
casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.
Accident (noun)
Appearance, manifestation.
Injury (noun)
Damage to the body of a human or animal.
“The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.”
Injury (noun)
The violation of a person’s reputation, rights, property, or interests.
“Slander is an injury to the character.”
Injury (noun)
Injustice.
Injury (verb)
To wrong, to injure.
Accident (noun)
an unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury
“if you are unable to work owing to accident or sickness”
“he had an accident at the factory”
Accident (noun)
a crash involving road or other vehicles
“four people were killed in a road accident”
Accident (noun)
an incidence of incontinence by a child or animal
“he had a little accident, but I washed his shorts out”
Accident (noun)
an event that happens by chance or that is without apparent or deliberate cause
“the pregnancy was an accident”
“it is no accident that Manchester has produced more than its fair share of professional comics”
Accident (noun)
the working of fortune; chance
“members belong to the House of Lords through hereditary right or accident of birth”
Accident (noun)
(in Aristotelian thought) a property of a thing which is not essential to its nature.
Injury (noun)
an instance of being injured
“she suffered an injury to her back”
Injury (noun)
the fact of being injured; harm or damage
“all escaped without serious injury”
Injury (noun)
damage to a person’s feelings
“compensation for injury to feelings”