different between damage vs nick

English

Etymology

From Middle English damage, from Old French damage (Modern French dommage), from Vulgar Latin *damnaticum from Classical Latin damnum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dæm?d?/
• Rhymes: -æm?d?
• Hyphenation: dam?age

Noun

damage (countable and uncountable, plural damages)

1. Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.

   The storm did a lot of damage to the area.

   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Friendship

     Great errors and absurdities many {{..}}commit for want of a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage both of their fame and fortune.

2. (slang) Cost or expense.

   "What's the damage?" he asked the waiter.

Usage notes

Currently it is only used as an uncountable noun, except in the plural. There are few examples of countable (singular) use.

Related terms

• damn
• indemnity

Translations

Verb

damage (third-person singular simple present damages, present participle damaging, simple past and past participle damaged)

1. (transitive) To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.

   Be careful not to damage any of the fragile items while unpacking them.

   Cold temperatures, heavy rain, falling rocks, strong winds and glacier movement can damage the equipment.

   • 1774, Edward Long, The History of Jamaica. Or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of that Island, volume 2, book 2, chapter 7, 5:

     The building was erected in two years, at the parochial expence, on the foundation of the former one, which was irreparably damaged by the hurricane of Augu?t, 1712.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To undergo damage.

Derived terms

• undamaged

Translations

References

Middle English

Alternative forms

• dampnage, dammage, domage, damege

Etymology

From Old French damage, from Vulgar Latin *damnaticum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dam?a?d?(?)/, /d?m?a?d?(?)/, /?damad?(?)/

Noun

damage (plural damages)

1. damage, harm, injury
2. loss (of reputation, etc.)
3. (rare) disability, weakness
4. (law, often in the plural) damages (compensation for loss)

Related terms

• damagen

Descendants

• English: damage
• Scots: dammish

References

• “dam??e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *damnaticum from Classical Latin damnum. Cognate with Old Occitan damnatge.

Noun

damage m (oblique plural damages, nominative singular damages, nominative plural damage)

1. damage
2. injury, hurt, insult

Related terms

• damagier

Descendants

• French: dommage
• Norman: dommage
• ? Middle English: damage, dampnage, dammage, domage, damege
  • English: damage
  • Scots: dammish
• ? Irish: damáiste
• ? Sicilian: damaggiu

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /n?k/
• Homophone: Nick
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

The noun is derived from Late Middle English nik (“notch, tally; nock of an arrow”). Its further etymology is unknown; a connection with nock (“notch in a bow to hold the bowstring; notch at the rear of an arrow that fits the bowstring; cleft in the buttocks”) has not been clearly established.

The verb appears to be derived from the noun, though the available evidence shows that some of the verb senses predate the noun senses. No connection with words in Germanic languages such as Danish nikke (“to nod”), Middle Dutch nicken (“to bend; to bow”) (modern Dutch knikken (“to nod”)), Middle Low German nicken (“to bend over; to sink”), Middle High German nicken (“to bend; to depress”) (modern German nicken (“to nod”)), Middle Low German knicken (“to bend; to snap”) (modern German knicken (“to bend; to break”), Old Frisian hnekka (“to nod”), and Swedish nicka (“to nod”), has been clearly established.

Noun

nick (plural nicks)

1. A small cut in a surface.
   1. (now rare) A particular place or point considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.
   2. (printing, dated) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.
2. Senses connoting something small.
   1. (cricket) A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch.
   2. (genetics) One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation.
   3. (real tennis, squash (sport), racquetball) The point where the wall of the court meets the floor.
3. (Britain, New Zealand, slang) Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
4. (Britain, law enforcement, slang) A police station or prison.

Derived terms

• in the nick of time

Translations

Verb

nick (third-person singular simple present nicks, present participle nicking, simple past and past participle nicked)

1. (transitive) To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
   1. (transitive) To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar.
   2. (transitive, rare) To make a crosscut or cuts on the underside of (the tail of a horse, in order to make the animal carry it higher).
2. (transitive, obsolete) To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
   1. (transitive) To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.
   2. (transitive, cricket) To hit the ball with the edge of the bat and produce a fine deflection.
   3. (transitive, gaming) To throw or turn up (a number when playing dice); to hit upon.
3. (transitive, mining) To make a cut at the side of the face.
4. (transitive, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To steal.
5. (transitive, Britain, law enforcement, slang) To arrest.

Derived terms

• nicker
• nicking (noun)

Translations

Etymology 2

From nick(name).

Noun

nick (plural nicks)

1. (Internet) Clipping of nickname.

Verb

nick (third-person singular simple present nicks, present participle nicking, simple past and past participle nicked)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.

Etymology 3

A variant of nix or nixie.

Noun

nick (plural nicks)

1. (archaic) A nix or nixie (“water spirit”).

References

Further reading

• nick (DNA) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• nick (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• CKIN

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Verb

nick

1. singular imperative of nicken
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of nicken

Kashubian

Pronoun

nick

1. nothing

Polish

Etymology

From English nick(name).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ik/

Noun

nick m inan

1. (Internet) nickname (familiar, invented given name)

Declension

Further reading

• nick in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• nick in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

nick c

1. nod (movement of the head to indicate agreement)
2. header (in football)

Declension

Synonyms

• (header):: nickning c
• (nod):: nickning c

Derived terms

• nickedocka
• nicka
• nicka till

Etymology 2

From the English nickname

Noun

nick n

1. (slang) nick, nickname

Declension