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What is the difference between ruin and destroy and damage ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between ruin and destroy and damage ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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to damage is to hurt, break, or destroy something PARTIALLY. Something damaged could still possibly be fixed.
Destroy or Ruin is completely (or near completely) breaking something, that it cannot be repaired or rebuilt.
"My car was slightly damaged in the car crash, but it should be repaired by tomorrow."
"He threw the book into the fire, completely destroying it."
"I wanted to watch this movie, but my brother ruined the ending by telling me what happens!"
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@cccarolla Actually, I should add more about the difference between ruin and destroy:
destroy = something is completely gone or does not exist.
ruin = something is still existing, but has become useless or worthless
"I spilled wine on the rug, and now it's completely ruined!"
the rug still exists, but looks bad because of the wine stain, so it is worthless.
"My rug was set on fire, completely destroying it."
the rug was burned by the fire, and doesn't exist anymore.
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