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Damage vs Rust - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between damage and rust

is that damage is injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact while rust is the deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation.

As verbs the difference between damage and rust

is that damage is to impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction while rust is to oxidize, especially of iron or steel.

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.

    rust

    English

    (wikipedia rust)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation.
    • The rust on my bicycle chain made cycling to work very dangerous.
  • A similar substance based on another metal (usually with qualification, such as "copper rust").
    • aerugo. Green or blue-green copper rust ; verdigris. (American Heritage Dictionary, 1973)
  • A reddish-brown color.
  • A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus.
    • (-)

    Derived terms

    * cedar-apple rust * coffee rust * Rust Belt * rust bucket * rust fungus * rust mite * rustproof * rusty * stem rust * wheat rust * white pine blister rust * white rust

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to oxidize, especially of iron or steel.
    • The patio furniture had rusted in the wind-driven spray.
  • to cause to oxidize.
    • The wind-driven spray had thoroughly rusted the patio furniture.
  • To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust.
  • (figuratively) To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction.
  • * Dryden
    • Must I rust in Egypt? never more / Appear in arms, and be the chief of Greece?

    Synonyms

    * oxidise / oxidize * corrode

    See also

    * aeciospore * ferric oxide * ferruginous * rouille * rubiginous *

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