different between damages vs ravages

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dæm?d??z/
• Hyphenation: dam?ag?es

Verb

damages

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of damage

Noun

damages pl (plural only)

1. (law) The money paid or awarded to a claimant (in England), a pursuer (in Scotland) or a plaintiff (in the US) in a civil action as compensation for a loss suffered by the same.

Derived terms

• aggravated damages
• consequential damages
• contemptuous damages
• exemplary damages
• general damages
• liquidated damages
• nominal damages
• punitive damages
• special damages

Translations

Middle English

Noun

damages

1. plural of damage

English

Noun

ravages

1. plural of ravage

Noun

ravages pl (plural only)

1. Harsh damage.

   The ravages of war decimated the country: death, destruction and pestilence resulted from the bombings.

Translations

Verb

ravages

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ravage

Anagrams

• savager

Dutch

Noun

ravages

1. plural of ravage

French

Noun

ravages m pl (plural only)

1. damages, destruction caused by man or nature
2. deteriorations caused by natural processes such as time or disease
3. (archaic) great damages caused by man through violence; pillage or sacking

Derived terms

• faire des ravages

Verb

ravages

1. second-person singular present indicative of ravager
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of ravager

Further reading

• “ravages” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• gaveras