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Wounding vs Damage - What's the difference?

wounding | damage |

As nouns the difference between wounding and damage

is that wounding is the act of inflicting a wound while damage is injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.

As verbs the difference between wounding and damage

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

wounding

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of inflicting a wound.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • damage

    English

    (wikipedia damage)

    Noun

  • 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.

    Verb

    (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.