Difference between Busted and Damaged

What is the difference between Busted and Damaged?

Busted as a verb is to break. while Damaged as a verb is to impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.

Busted

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: Indicates that the person addressed has been caught in the act, whether by the speaker or a third party.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To break.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Broke; having no money. Caught in the act of doing something one shouldn't do. Caught and arrested for committing a crime. Tired. Broken.

Example sentence: I busted my bird for 60 years in the business, but my grandkids only know me as Mr. Potato Head.

Damaged

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.

Example sentence: Miscommunication is the number one cause of all problems; communication is your bridge to other people. Without it, there's nothing. So when it's damaged, you have to solve all these problems it creates.

We hope you now know whether to use Busted or Damaged in your sentence.

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