decay vs spoilage

spoilage vs decay

decay and spoilage both are nouns.

decay is a verb but spoilage is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
decay	Yes	No	Yes	No
spoilage	Yes	No	No	No

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

decay: the process of gradually becoming inferior
spoilage: the process of becoming spoiled

Other hyponyms of decay include caries, cavity, dental caries, tooth decay, corruption, breakdown, decomposition, putrefaction, rot, rotting, dilapidation, ruin, spoiling.

decay (noun)	spoilage (noun)
the organic phenomenon of rotting	the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current	the process of becoming spoiled
the process of gradually becoming inferior	the amount that has spoiled
the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying

decay (verb)	spoilage (verb)
fall into decay or ruin
lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
undergo decay or decomposition

Difference between decay and spoilage

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