ladder vs damage

ladder and damage both are nouns.

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

As nouns, damage is a hypernym of ladder; that is, damage is a word with a broader meaning than ladder:

Other hypernyms of ladder include harm, impairment.

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

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