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Akielts Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

damage and destroy

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What is the difference between damage and destroy?
  

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What part of the dictionary definitions don't you understand? Rover

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What part of the dictionary definitions don't you understand?

Rover
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Damage: harm sth
Destroy: totally damaged, it can't be used any more
I think so Emotion: smile
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'Damage' can be either a verb or a noun.

'Destroy' is only ever a verb.

'Destroy' can not mean 'totally damaged', Dahilda Negu.
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If something is damaged, it can usually still be fixed.

If something is destroyed... well, it cannot.
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