to do someone harm

[Offroad]

Please, dear teachers and friends...

Could you shed some light on this?

What's the difference between these sentences?

To do someone harm.
To hurt someone.

Thanks

[pyoung]

Please, dear teachers and friends...

Could you shed some light on this?

What's the difference between these sentences?

To do someone harm.
To hurt someone.

Thanks

Dear marciobarbalho:

They mean essentially the same thing. Differences may be:

To do someone harm. To act in a way that results in physical, emotional, financial, social, etc. harm. It can have the sense of harm at a distance. One can act 'behind the scenes' to cause harm to another.

To hurt someone. This generally has the sense of a more direct action which hurts someone. I think the hurt/harm in this case is considered to be more limited: physical or emotional damage.

I hope this is helpful,

Petra