detrimental vs damaging

detrimental and damaging both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, detrimental and damaging are synonyms defined as:

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

Other synonyms of detrimental include prejudicial, prejudicious.

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