Impaired vs Damage - What's the difference?
impaired | damage |
Rendered less effective
inebriated, drunk.
(impair)
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 impaired and damage
is that impaired is past tense of impair while damage is to impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.As nouns the difference between impaired and damage
is that impaired is a criminal charge for impaired driving while damage is injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.As an adjective impaired
is rendered less effective.impaired
English
Adjective
(head)- His impaired driving skill due to alcohol caused the accident.
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "impaired" is often applied: vision, hearing, mobility, healing, fertility, health, judgment, cognition, consciousness, memory, concentration, function, performance, ability, capacity, person, child, adult. * Adverbs often applied to "impaired": visually, physically, mentally, emotionally, cognitively.Verb
(head)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.