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Damaged vs Wounded - What's the difference?

damaged | wounded |

As verbs the difference between damaged and wounded

is that damaged is (damage) while wounded is (wound).

As an adjective wounded is

suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle.

As a noun wounded is

(qualifier) people who are maimed or have wounds.

damaged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (damage)

    • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "damaged" is often applied: building, house, home, bridge, tree, street, road, vehicle, car, aircraft, ship, machine, goods, merchandize, material, stock, book, document, file, hard disk, skin, hair, tissue, joint, cartilage, baggage, reputation.

    wounded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wound)
  • * 1913: )
    • Nila, Agni's son, brandishing an uptorn tree, rushed on Prahasta; but he wounded the monkey with showers of arows.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle.
  • * 1883:
    • ...he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded , and still more recently dressed.
  • (figuratively) Suffering from an emotional injury.
    • My wounded pride never recovered from her rejection.

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (qualifier) People who are maimed or have wounds.
    • The wounded lay on stretchers waiting for surgery.

    Derived terms

    * walking wounded