Degrade vs Damage - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between degrade and damage

is that degrade is while damage is to impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.

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

(degrad)

To lower in value or social position.

Fred degrades himself by his behaviour.

* Palfrey

Prynne was sentenced by the Star Chamber Court to be degraded from the bar.

To reduce in quality or purity.

The DNA sample has degraded .

(geology) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.

* degradation

(wikipedia damage)

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.

(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.