Preservation vs. Protection — What's the Difference?

To keep from injury, peril, or harm; protect.

Protection is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights.

To keep in perfect or unaltered condition; maintain unchanged

The act of protecting.

To keep or maintain intact

The condition of being protected.

To prepare (food) for storage or future use, as by canning or salting.

One that protects

To prevent (organic bodies) from decaying or spoiling

A pass guaranteeing safe-conduct to travelers.

To protect (wildlife or natural resources) in a designated area, often for regulated hunting or fishing.

Something that lowers the risk of pregnancy or infection, especially the use of a condom.

To maintain (an area) for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.

Payment collected by racketeers from businesses or illegal enterprises under threat of violence.

To treat fruit or other foods so as to prevent decay.

Payment made by racketeers to officials or law enforcement to avoid arrest or prosecution.

To maintain an area for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.

The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.

Something that acts to preserve; a preservative.

The state of being safe.

Often preserves Fruit cooked with sugar to protect against decay or fermentation.

A means of keeping or remaining safe.

An area maintained for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.

A means, such as a condom, of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease.

Something considered as being the exclusive province of certain persons

(insurance) Coverage.

The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.

Immunity from harm, obtained by illegal payments, as bribery or extortion.

The state of being preserved, how something has survived.

(obsolete) A document serving as a guarantee against harm or interference; a passport.

The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc.; a picture in good preservation.

(economics) Restrictions on foreign competitors which limit their ability to compete with domestic producers of goods or services.

The activity of protecting something from loss or danger

(computing) An instance of a security token associated with a resource (such as a file).

The condition of being (well or ill) preserved

The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.

A process that saves organic substances from decay

That which protects or preserves from injury; a defense; a shield; a refuge.

An occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change

A writing that protects or secures from molestation or arrest; a pass; a safe-conduct; a passport.

A theory, or a policy, of protecting the producers in a country from foreign competition in the home market by the imposition of such discriminating duties on goods of foreign production as will restrict or prevent their importation; - opposed to free trade.

The activity of protecting someone or something;

A covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury;

Defense against financial failure; financial independence;

The condition of being protected;

Kindly endorsement and guidance;

The imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition;

Payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence;