Completely true. We're losing the meaning of words because people want to sensationalize their points.

Speech can be hateful, harmful, hurtful, etc., but it is not violent. Speech can incite violence, but it is still not actually violence.

We see this all of the time when people want to resort to hyperbole -- "misgendering a trans person is violence!"

It doesn't further your case, it's just using a cheap rhetorical trick.