What is the difference between Injured and Wounded? How to distinguish between Injured and Wounded? Let's see the following examples.

 

✗ Two people were wounded in this morning accident.

 ✓ Two people were injured in this morning accident.

 

 ✗ Six soldiers were injured in the battle.

 ✓ Six soldiers were wounded in the battle.

 

Injured: hurt in an accident.

Wounded: hurt in a battle or war (by a gun or a knife)