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Harm vs. Jeopardy — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Harm and Jeopardy

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Definitions

Harm

Harm is a moral and legal concept. Bernard Gert construes harm as any of the following: pain death disability loss of ability or freedom loss of pleasure.Joel Feinberg gives an account of harm as setbacks to interests.

Jeopardy

Risk of loss or injury; peril or danger.

Harm

Physical or psychological damage or injury
The storm did great harm to the crops.

Jeopardy

(Law) A defendant's risk or danger of conviction when put on trial.

Harm

Immoral or unjust effects
They made a mistake and meant no harm.
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Jeopardy

Danger of loss, harm, or failure.
The poor condition of the vehicle put its occupants in constant jeopardy.

Harm

To do harm to
Pollutants that harm the environment.
People who were harmed in the accident.

Jeopardy

To jeopardize; to endanger.

Harm

Physical injury; hurt; damage
No harm came to my possessions.
You can do a lot of harm to someone if you kick them in the balls. Especially if they get revenge and bring out a bazooka and blast your head off.

Jeopardy

Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger.
There came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.
Look to thyself, thou art in jeopardy.
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Harm

Emotional or figurative hurt
Although not physically injured in the car accident, she received some psychological harm.

Jeopardy

To jeopardize.

Harm

Detriment; misfortune.
I wish him no harm.

Jeopardy

A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune;
Drinking alcohol is a health hazard

Harm

That which causes injury, damage, or loss.

Harm

To cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.

Harm

Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.

Harm

That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
We, ignorant of ourselves,Beg often our own harms.

Harm

To hurt; to injure; to damage; to wrong.
Though yet he never harmed me.
No ground of enmity between us knownWhy he should mean me ill or seek to harm.

Harm

Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

Harm

The occurrence of a change for the worse

Harm

The act of damaging something or someone

Harm

Cause or do harm to;
These pills won't harm your system

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