Damage
Damage noun - Something that causes loss or pain.
Usage example: the collision did a great deal of damage to her car
Harm is a synonym for damage in injury topic. In some cases you can use "Harm" instead the word "Damage" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like help, action, spoil, thing. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good damage | good harm |
| physical | physical damage | physical harm |
| normal | normal damage | normal harm |
| considerable | considerable damage | considerable harm |
| Other adjectives: actual, real, severe, massive, great, serious, little, potential, lasting, permanent, major, psychological, falling, fatal, lethal, less, further, extra, significant, greater, magical. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Adalind Schade pronounces her last name as "Shade", but if pronounced "shah-duh" it sounds similar to the German word "Schaden" for "damage/harm".
Source: Series / Grimm - To wit, "schade" is 1st person singular present indicative of "schaden" (as in "I harm/damage").
Source: Series / Grimm - Naturally they got back at the last moment and there was no mention of the slightest damage or harm beyond what we'd seen at the beginning of the series.
Source: Exact Time to Failure
Cite this Source
Harm and Damage. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/damage/harm
Damage & Harm. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/damage/harm>.
Harm or Damage. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/damage/harm.
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