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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 233422, member: 33&quot;]To me, the word &quot;damage&quot; does include the meaning that a change happened that affected the value or the operation or the use of an object. To me it implies that in the case of an object, the object would have already existed and that the damage occurred later. As a word in general, &quot;defect&quot; seems to be more neutral in that it just says something is not perfect but doesn&#039;t say when it happened. Could have been during production, could have been later.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since this is the Books forum I assume you are talking only about books here, and want to know how the words are supposed to be used correctly when related to books. I know that <i>ABC for Book Collectors</i> is highly regarded as a glossary or dictionary of terms related to books. However, I just looked at my copy and see that it doesn&#039;t really address the question you have posed. So my advice would be to find an authoritative source that does define the terms as they relate to books.</p><p><br /></p><p>(You might or might not be able to tell that I&#039;m a librarian...)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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