damage vs distortion

distortion vs damage

damage and distortion both are nouns.

damage is a verb but distortion is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
damage	Yes	No	Yes	No
distortion	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, distortion is a hyponym of damage; that is, distortion is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than damage:

damage: the occurrence of a change for the worse
distortion: a change for the worse

Other hyponyms of damage include detriment, hurt, deformation, ladder, ravel, run.

damage (noun)	distortion (noun)
the act of damaging something or someone	the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right	the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
the occurrence of a change for the worse	a change for the worse
loss of military equipment	an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
the amount of money needed to purchase something	a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal)
	a shape resulting from distortion

damage (verb)	distortion (verb)
inflict damage upon
suffer or be susceptible to damage

Difference between damage and distortion

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