Damage vs Stab - What's the difference?
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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
An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
A wound made by stabbing.
Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
(informal) An attempt.
Criticism.
(music) A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.
To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
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, chapter=1 To thrust in a stabbing motion.
To recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object, such as a weapon or finger .
* (John Dryden)
To cause a sharp, painful sensation .
(figurative) To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.
Damage is a related term of stab.
As nouns the difference between damage and stab
is that damage is injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact while stab is headquarters.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.
stab
English
(wikipedia stab)Noun
(en noun)- I'll give this thankless task a stab .
- a horn stab
Derived terms
* have a stab at, take a stab at * stabbing * stabby * stab vest * stab in the dark * stab in the backVerb
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- None shall dare / With shortened sword to stab in closer war.