damage vs fret

damage and fret both are nouns.

damage and fret both are verbs.

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

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

damage: inflict damage upon
fret: remove soil or rock

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

damage (noun)	fret (noun)
the act of damaging something or someone	a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch
any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right	an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
the occurrence of a change for the worse	a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
loss of military equipment	agitation resulting from active worry
the amount of money needed to purchase something

damage (verb)	fret (verb)
inflict damage upon	wear away or erode
suffer or be susceptible to damage	remove soil or rock
	cause friction
	be too tight; rub or press
	decorate with an interlaced design
	carve a pattern into
	be agitated or irritated
	cause annoyance in
	gnaw into; make resentful or angry
	worry unnecessarily or excessively
	become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
	provide (a musical instrument) with frets

Difference between damage and fret

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