Damage vs Atonement - What's the difference?
damage | atonement |
Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
* Francis Bacon
(slang) Cost or expense.
To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
* Clarendon
A repair done for the sake of a damaged relationship.
The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.
As nouns the difference between damage and atonement
is that damage is the abstract measure of something not being intact; harm while atonement is a repair done for the sake of a damaged relationship.As a verb damage
is to impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.damage
English
(wikipedia damage)Noun
- The storm did a lot of damage to the area.
- Great errors and absurdities many commit for want of a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage both of their fame and fortune.
- "What's the damage ?" he asked the waiter.
Verb
(damag)- Be careful not to damage any of the fragile items while unpacking them.
- He came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship.
