The difference between Damage and Spoil
When used as nouns, damage means injury or harm, whereas spoil means (also in plural: spoils) plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
When used as verbs, damage means to impair the soundness, goodness, or value of, whereas spoil means to strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.
check bellow for the other definitions of Damage and Spoil
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Damage as a noun:
Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
Examples:
"The storm did a lot of damage to the area."
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Damage as a noun (slang):
Cost or expense.
Examples:
"What's the damage?" he asked the waiter."
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Damage as a verb (transitive):
To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
Examples:
"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.'' [[File:Cold temperatures, heavy rain, falling rocks, strong winds and glacier movement can damage the equipment.ogg]]"
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Damage as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To undergo damage.
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Spoil as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.
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Spoil as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil.
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Spoil as a verb (ambitransitive, archaic):
To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).
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Spoil as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To carry off (goods) by force; to steal.
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Spoil as a verb (transitive):
To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use.
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Spoil as a verb (transitive):
To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess.
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Spoil as a verb (intransitive):
Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay.
Examples:
"Make sure you put the milk back in the fridge, otherwise it will spoil."
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Spoil as a verb (transitive):
To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it.
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Spoil as a verb (transitive):
To reveal the ending of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.
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Spoil as a noun:
(Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
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Spoil as a noun (uncountable):
Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings.