Damage vs. Injury

Damage vs. Injury — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Damage and Injury

Damagenoun

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

The storm did a lot of damage to the area.

Injurynoun

Damage to the body of a human or animal.

The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.

Damagenoun

(slang) Cost or expense.

"What's the damage?" he asked the waiter.

Injurynoun

The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.

Slander is an injury to the character.

Damageverb

(transitive) 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.Cold temperatures, heavy rain, falling rocks, strong winds and glacier movement can damage the equipment. File:Cold temperatures, heavy rain, falling rocks, strong winds and glacier movement can damage the equipment.ogg

Injurynoun

(archaic) Injustice.

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Damageverb

To undergo damage.

Injuryverb

(obsolete) To wrong, to injure.

Damagenoun

the occurrence of a change for the worse

Injurynoun

any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

Damagenoun

loss of military equipment

Injurynoun

an accident that results in physical damage or hurt

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Damagenoun

the act of damaging something or someone

Injurynoun

a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat

Damagenoun

the amount of money needed to purchase something;

the price of gasolinehe got his new car on excellent termshow much is the damage?

Injurynoun

an act that injures someone

Damagenoun

a legal injury is any damage resulting from a violation of a legal right

Damageverb

inflict damage upon;

The snow damaged the roofShe damaged the car when she hit the tree