insult vs tort

insult

noun
  • Something that causes offence (for example, by being of an unacceptable quality). 

  • Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes; the injury so caused. 

  • Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect. 

verb
  • To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). 

tort

noun
  • A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages. 

adj
  • Synonym of tart (“sharp- or sour-tasting; (figuratively) keen, severe, sharp”) 

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