Destroyed vs Damage - What's the difference?
destroyed | damage |
(destroy)
(Ireland, informal) (particularly of a child) soiled, muddied, especially as a result of a fall or spill.
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
As verbs the difference between destroyed and damage
is that destroyed is past tense of destroy while damage is to impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.As an adjective destroyed
is (particularly of a child) soiled, muddied, especially as a result of a fall or spill.As a noun damage is
injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.destroyed
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)damage
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(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.