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Damage vs Undamaging - What's the difference?

damage | undamaging |

As a noun damage

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

As a verb damage

is to impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.

As an adjective undamaging is

not causing damage.

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.

    undamaging

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not causing damage.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 11, author=, title=The Court and Campaign Finance, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=If he does, there is a chance for a limited, and relatively undamaging , ruling that hews closely to the facts of this case. }}