Damage vs Spoilage - What's the difference?
damage | spoilage |
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
The part of something that has spoiled.
The process of spoiling.
As nouns the difference between damage and spoilage
is that damage is injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact while spoilage is the part of something that has spoiled.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.
spoilage
English
Noun
(decomposition) (-)- To prevent spoilage , store in a cool, dry place.