damage vs flaw

damage and flaw both are nouns.

damage and flaw both are verbs.

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

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

damage: inflict damage upon
flaw: add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective

Other hyponyms of damage include burn, frost, bilge, break, total, bruise, disturb, afflict, smite, hurt, injure, impair, blemish, corrode, eat, rust, eat away, erode, fret, cut up, mangle, mutilate, shatter, deflower, impair, mar, spoil, vitiate, wear away, whittle away, whittle down, bang up, smash, smash up.

damage (noun)	flaw (noun)
the act of damaging something or someone	an imperfection in an object or machine
any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right	defect or weakness in a person's character
the occurrence of a change for the worse	an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness
loss of military equipment
the amount of money needed to purchase something

damage (verb)	flaw (verb)
inflict damage upon	add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective
suffer or be susceptible to damage

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