The difference between Indulge and Spoil
When used as verbs, indulge means to yield to a temptation or desire, whereas spoil means to strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.
Spoil is also noun with the meaning: (also in plural: spoils) plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
check bellow for the other definitions of Indulge and Spoil
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Indulge as a verb (intransitive, often followed by "in"):
To yield to a temptation or desire.
Examples:
"He looked at the chocolate but didn't indulge."
"I indulged in drinking on the weekend."
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Indulge as a verb (transitive):
To satisfy the wishes or whims of.
Examples:
"Grandma indulges the kids with sweets."
"I love to indulge myself with beautiful clothes."
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Indulge as a verb:
To give way to (a habit or temptation); not to oppose or restrain.
Examples:
"to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations"
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Indulge as a verb:
To grant an extension to the deadline of a payment.
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Indulge as a verb:
To grant as by favour; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.
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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.