Benefit and Damage

Opposite meaning words

Benefit verb - To provide with something useful or desirable.

Usage example: his summer internship benefited him in two ways: by giving him some tuition funds and by offering vital work experience

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Damage is an antonym for benefit in topics: help, good, cost.

Damage verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.

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Benefit is an antonym for damage in topics: injury, loss.

Nearby Words: damaged, damaging, damageable

good	good benefit	good damage
full	full benefit	full damage
low	low benefit	low damage
normal	normal benefit	normal damage
Other adjectives: considerable, actual, real, massive, great, huge, little, potential, permanent, major, minor, less, minimal, extra, additional, significant, greater, double, magical, ranged.

party	benefit party	damage party
man	benefit man	damage man
someone	benefit someone	damage someone
characters	benefit characters	damage characters
Other words: world, anyone, player, enemy, everyone, players, zombies, allies.

Of course, it doesn't help that she has many enemies that can benefit from any and all damage to her reputation.

Source: Gossip Evolution
Notably, it only reduces the damage taken to health; shields get no benefit whatsoever.

Source: Damage Reduction
In GURPS, the primary benefit of wearing/installing armor is reducing damage received.

Source: Damage Reduction

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