The difference between Mollycoddle and Spoil
When used as nouns, mollycoddle means a person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected, whereas spoil means (also in plural: spoils) plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
When used as verbs, mollycoddle means to be overprotective and indulgent toward, whereas spoil means to strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.
check bellow for the other definitions of Mollycoddle and Spoil
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Mollycoddle as a noun (now, _, rare):
A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected.
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Mollycoddle as a verb (transitive):
To be overprotective and indulgent toward; to pamper.
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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.