Damage vs. Impair — What's the Difference?

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".

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

Destruction or a loss in value, usefulness, or ability resulting from an action or event.

To cause to weaken, be damaged, or diminish, as in quality

Damages(Law) Money required to be paid as compensation for an injury or wrong.

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

(Informal) Cost; price

To grow worse; to deteriorate.

To cause damage to.

(obsolete) Not fit or appropriate; unsuitable.

To suffer or be susceptible to damage.

(obsolete) The act of impairing or deteriorating.

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

(obsolete) The fact of being impaired or having grown worse.

(slang) Cost or expense.

(obsolete) An impairment or deterioration.

(transitive) To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.

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

To undergo damage.

To grow worse; to deteriorate.

(transitive) To remove a damaged or unsalable item from the sales floor for processing.

Not fit or appropriate.

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

Diminution; injury.

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.

Make worse or less effective;

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

Make imperfect;

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

The occurrence of a change for the worse

Loss of military equipment

The act of damaging something or someone

The amount of money needed to purchase something;

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

Inflict damage upon;