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Wrecked vs Damage - What's the difference?

wrecked | damage |

In lang=en terms the difference between wrecked and damage

is that wrecked is drunk while damage is cost or expense.

As verbs the difference between wrecked and damage

is that wrecked is past tense of wreck while damage is to impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.

As an adjective wrecked

is destroyed in an accident etc.

As a noun damage is

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

wrecked

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • destroyed in an accident etc
  • (slang) drunk

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (wreck)

    • 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.