Ransack vs Damage - What's the difference?
ransack | damage |
(label) To loot or pillage. See also sack .
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Their vow is made / To ransack Troy.
(label) To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.
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*(Robert South) (1634–1716)
*:to ransack every corner of theirhearts
(label) To examine carefully; to investigate.
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*:Thenne came there an olde monke whiche somtyme had ben a knyghte & behelde syre Melyas / And anone he ransakyd hym / & thenne he saide vnto syr Galahad I shal hele hym of this wo?de by the grace of god within the terme of seuen wekes
To violate; to ravish; to deflower.
*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:Rich spoil of ransacked chastity.
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 ransack and damage
is that ransack is (label) to loot or pillage see also sack while damage is to impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.As a noun damage is
injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.ransack
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(en verb)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.