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Damage vs Inflict - What's the difference?

damage | inflict |

As verbs the difference between damage and inflict

is that damage is to impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction while inflict is to thrust upon; to impose.

As a noun damage

is injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.

damage

English

(wikipedia damage)

Noun

  • Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
    • The storm did a lot of damage to the area.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • 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.
  • (slang) Cost or expense.
    • "What's the damage ?" he asked the waiter.

    Verb

    (damag)
  • To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
    • Be careful not to damage any of the fragile items while unpacking them.
  • * Clarendon
    • He came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship.

    inflict

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To thrust upon; to impose.
    • They inflicted terrible pains on her to obtain a confession.