pillage vs spoil

spoil vs pillage

pillage and spoil both are nouns.

pillage and spoil both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pillage	Yes	No	Yes	No
spoil	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

pillage: the act of stealing valuable things from a place
spoil: the act of stripping and taking by force

Other hyponyms of pillage include banditry, rape, rapine, looting, robbery, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoilation, spoliation, devastation, ravaging, depredation, predation, sack.

pillage (noun)	spoil (noun)
the act of stealing valuable things from a place	the act of stripping and taking by force
goods or money obtained illegally	the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
	(usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)

pillage (verb)	spoil (verb)
steal goods; take as spoils	become unfit for consumption or use
	alter from the original
	make imperfect
	destroy and strip of its possession
	have a strong desire or urge to do something
	hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
	treat with excessive indulgence
	make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Difference between pillage and spoil

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