I would venture to suggest that the Hurricane was apparently more damage tolerant and also easier to repair. Very important when fighting to maintain serviceability levels in onging high intensity operations.
Not true, The Hurricane was more damage tolerant to light damage from normal 7.X mm ball ammo, however it also caught fire much more easily (All that wood, fabric and dope on the rear half of the aircraft, plus two fuel tanks in the wings), thus what would be minor damage to good part of a Spitfire would be fatal to the same areas on a Hurricane.