Damage: The occurrence of a change for the worse. Wear: Impairment resulting from long use. Use the one you like. As far as I can tell its damage, regardless if expected or not. Ron L wrote: > Wear was a known entity. It was expected. My mom wore out a record of > 'String of Pearls" because she played it every day when she got home from > high school as a young teen. She wore it out, not damaged it out. Damage > is a scratch, a crack, a chip or a needle dig. > > Every time you start and run your car you are wearing components. Are you > damaging the car? No. If you hit a tree, then you are damaging the car. It > has nothing to do with wear of components. If you don't change the oil in > the engine, wear will be accelerated. I don't think it is right to call > planned for/expected change-with-use "damage". > > Ron L >