Damage vs Damages - What's the difference?
As nouns the difference between damage and damages is that damage is injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact while damages is (legal) the money paid or awarded to a claimant (in england), a pursuer (in scotland) or a plaintiff (in the us) in a civil action. As verbs the difference between damage and damages is that damage is to impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction while damages is (damage).
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.
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damages
English
Noun
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en-plural noun”>en-plural noun)
(legal) The money paid or awarded to a claimant (in England), a pursuer (in Scotland) or a plaintiff (in the US) in a civil action.
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