damaging vs detrimental

damaging and detrimental both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
damaging	No	Yes	No	No
detrimental	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, damaging and detrimental are synonyms defined as:

damaging and detrimental: (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury

Other synonyms of damaging include prejudicial, prejudicious.

damaging (adjective)	detrimental (adjective)
designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions	(sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury
(sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury