damage vs ladder

damage and ladder both are nouns.

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

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

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

damage (noun)	ladder (noun)
the act of damaging something or someone	steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right	a row of unravelled stitches
the occurrence of a change for the worse	ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress
loss of military equipment
the amount of money needed to purchase something

damage (verb)	ladder (verb)
inflict damage upon	come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
suffer or be susceptible to damage