Damage vs. Impair

Damagenoun

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

‘The storm did a lot of damage to the area.’;

Impairverb

(transitive) To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.

Damagenoun

(slang) Cost or expense.

‘"What's the damage?" he asked the waiter.’;

Impairverb

To grow worse; to deteriorate.

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’;

Impairadjective

(obsolete) Not fit or appropriate; unsuitable.

Damageverb

To undergo damage.

Impairverb

To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value.

‘Time sensibly all things impairs.’; ‘In years he seemed, but not impaired by years.’;

Damagenoun

Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.

‘He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage.’; ‘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.’;

Impairverb

To grow worse; to deteriorate.

Damagenoun

The estimated reparation in money for detriment or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually done to him by another.

Impairadjective

Not fit or appropriate.

Damageverb

To occasion damage to the soundness, goodness, or value of; to hurt; to injure; to impair.

‘He . . . came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship.’;

Impairnoun

Diminution; injury.

Damageverb

To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soundness or value; as, some colors in cloth damage in sunlight.

Impairverb

make worse or less effective;

‘His vision was impaired’;

Damagenoun

the occurrence of a change for the worse

Impairverb

make imperfect;

‘nothing marred her beauty’;

Damagenoun

loss of military equipment

Impairverb

weaken or damage (something, especially a faculty or function)

‘a noisy job could permanently impair their hearing’;

Damagenoun

the act of damaging something or someone

Damagenoun

the amount of money needed to purchase something;

‘the price of gasoline’; ‘he got his new car on excellent terms’; ‘how much is the damage?’;

Damagenoun

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

Damageverb

inflict damage upon;

‘The snow damaged the roof’; ‘She damaged the car when she hit the tree’;

Damage

Damage is any change in a thing, often a physical object, that degrades it away from its initial state. It can broadly be defined as .

‘changes introduced into a system that adversely affect its current or future performance’;