Worn vs. Damage — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Worn and Damage
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Definitions
Worn➦
Past participle of wear.
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".
Worn➦
Affected or damaged by wear or use
The worn pockets on a jacket.
Damage➦
Destruction or a loss in value, usefulness, or ability resulting from an action or event.
Worn➦
Showing the wearing effects of overwork, worry, or suffering
A pale, worn face.
Damage➦
Damages(Law) Money required to be paid as compensation for an injury or wrong.
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Worn➦
Damaged and shabby as a result of much use.
Damage➦
(Informal) Cost; price
What's the damage for the tickets to the show?.
Worn➦
; exhausted.
Damage➦
To cause damage to.
Worn➦
Past participle of wear
Damage➦
To suffer or be susceptible to damage.
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Worn➦
Affected by wear; damaged by long use;
Worn threads on the screw
A worn suit
The worn pockets on the jacket
Damage➦
Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
The storm did a lot of damage to the area.
Worn➦
Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering;
Looking careworn as she bent over her mending
Her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness
That raddled but still noble face
Shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face
Damage➦
(slang) Cost or expense.
"What's the damage?" he asked the waiter.
Damage➦
(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
Damage➦
To undergo damage.
Damage➦
(transitive) To remove a damaged or unsalable item from the sales floor for processing.
Did you damage the items that the customer returned yet?
Damage➦
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.
Damage➦
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.
Damage➦
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.
Damage➦
To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soundness or value; as, some colors in cloth damage in sunlight.
Damage➦
The occurrence of a change for the worse
Damage➦
Loss of military equipment
Damage➦
The act of damaging something or someone
Damage➦
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?
Damage➦
A legal injury is any damage resulting from a violation of a legal right
Damage➦
Inflict damage upon;
The snow damaged the roof
She damaged the car when she hit the tree
