If you tell someone about serious injury, the first thing comes is the physical harm to someone.
OALD defines this word and it is mostly used for physical harm
injury - harm done to a person's or an animal's body, for example in an accident
However, injury can happen to someone's feeling (on the same page).
injury - Damages may be awarded for emotional injury.
In usage note injury OALD defines being injured where instances are of physically being hurt.
Being a medical professional, I'd like to mention that damage can also happen to human organs (especially internal) but then it could be the result of an injury or harm by bad microorganisms
In that road accident, he got several injuries. In fact, his liver is damaged and needs to be repaired. OR
I have never seen such worse septicemia. Her internal organs are damaged and will stop working soon.
But again, if you are talking about someone's reputation or injury in the context of non-living thing, use damage to keep ambiguity at bay.
Don't get confuse that damage can be used for physical harm. 'Physical' can be used for non living things like computers and books etc. :)
So, a ship is a non-living thing so it might sustain damage and let the closer cause damage to the economy, not injury. :)
When one
ignores something
one is actively not paying any attention, on purpose
She ignored his advances until he left her alone.
The referee ignored the crowd's screaming for a penalty.
When one
neglects something
one may have forgotten about, or not been aware of a critical situation for something one was supposed to take care of or oversee
Their electricity bill was very high since they neglected to turn off the lights.
The plant was never watered and died of neglect.
Your example sentence would be more correct as
People have either ignored or neglected...
Best Answer
"Compensation" is a payment you make to someone for damage you have caused them. ("Compensation" can also mean a payment for work done, like the salary you are paid by your employer is "compensation".)
"Indemnity" has two very distinct meanings. It can mean the same thing as compensation: money paid for damages. But I think the more common meaning is an exemption or protection from having to pay compensation.
So you could say,
Oh, just by the way, you "pay compensation" but you "pay AN indemnity". Indemnity takes an article; compensation does not.
"Indemnification" is the process of becoming or the condition of being indemnified. You do NOT "pay an indemnification", you "pay an indemnity". You can say, "Al acquired his indemnification by posting a bond".