combat casualty vs damage

combat casualty and damage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
combat casualty	Yes	No	No	No
damage	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, damage is a hypernym of combat casualty; that is, damage is a word with a broader meaning than combat casualty:

Other hypernyms of combat casualty include equipment casualty.

combat casualty (noun)	damage (noun)
loss of military equipment in battle	the act of damaging something or someone
	any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
	the occurrence of a change for the worse
	loss of military equipment
	the amount of money needed to purchase something

combat casualty (verb)	damage (verb)
	inflict damage upon
	suffer or be susceptible to damage