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Protect vs. Save — What's the Difference?

Protect vs. Save — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Protect and Save

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Protect

To keep from being damaged, attacked, stolen, or injured; guard.

Save

To rescue from harm, danger, or loss
The lifeguard saved the struggling swimmer.

Protect

To keep from being subjected to difficulty or unpleasantness
A mother who wanted to protect her children from the troubles she had seen when growing up.

Save

To prevent from dying
The doctors saved the patient.

Protect

To keep from being curtailed or exposed to risk
The reporter vowed to protect the privacy of his sources.
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Save

To set free from the consequences of sin; redeem
Prayed to save his soul.

Protect

To help (domestic industry) with tariffs or quotas on imported goods.

Save

To keep in a safe or healthy condition
God save King Richard!.

Protect

To assure payment of (drafts or notes, for example) by setting aside funds.

Save

To hold back for future use
Saved his best song for the encore.

Protect

(Sports) To attempt to hold (a lead) by playing careful defense and avoiding risky plays.

Save

To avoid spending (money) so as to keep or accumulate it.

Protect

To swing at a pitch near (home plate) in order to avoid being called out on strikes.

Save

To avoid spending (money or time) in an amount less than what circumstances normally require
Saved $25 at the sale.
Saved 15 minutes by taking a shortcut.

Protect

To swing at a pitch so as to give (a base runner) a better chance of advancing.

Save

To prevent the waste or loss of; conserve
Bought an efficient device that saves electricity.

Protect

(ambitransitive) To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
To protect a child from danger
This antivirus package will protect your computer from hackers.
Condoms are designed to protect against sexually-transmitted diseases.

Save

To treat with care by avoiding fatigue, wear, or damage; spare
Wore sunglasses to save his eyesight.

Protect

To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.

Save

To make unnecessary; obviate
By carrying two bags you can save an extra trip.

Protect

To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children.
The gods of Greece protect you!

Save

To spare (someone) from having to do something.

Protect

Shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage;
Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain

Save

(Sports) To prevent (a goal) from being scored by blocking a shot. Used of a goalie.

Protect

Use tariffs to favor domestic industry

Save

To prevent an opponent from scoring (a point).

Save

To preserve a victory in (a game).

Save

(Baseball) To preserve (another pitcher's win) by protecting one's team's lead during a stint of relief pitching.

Save

(Computers) To copy (a file) from a computer's main memory to a disk or other storage medium.

Save

To avoid waste or expense; economize.

Save

To accumulate money
Saving for a vacation.

Save

To preserve a person or thing from harm or loss.

Save

(Sports) An act that prevents a ball or puck from entering a goal.

Save

(Baseball) A preservation by a relief pitcher of another pitcher's win.

Save

With the exception of; except
"No man enjoys self-reproach save a masochist" (Philip Wylie).

Save

Were it not; except
The house would be finished by now, save that we had difficulty contracting a roofer.

Save

Unless.

Save

(transitive) To prevent harm or difficulty.

Save

To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
She was saved from drowning by a passer-by.
We were able to save a few of our possessions from the house fire.

Save

To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.

Save

To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.

Save

(Christianity) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
Jesus Christ came to save sinners.

Save

(sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).

Save

(baseball) To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.

Save

To put aside, to avoid.

Save

(transitive) To store for future use.
Let's save the packaging in case we need to send the product back.

Save

(transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
Save electricity by turning off the lights when you leave the room.

Save

(transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.

Save

To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
Where did I save that document? I can't find it on the desktop.

Save

(intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.

Save

To accumulate money or valuables.

Save

To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
She told me she's saving herself for marriage.

Save

An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.

Save

In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
The goaltender made a great save.

Save

(baseball) A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
Jones retired seven to earn the save.

Save

A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
The giant wrestler continued to beat down his smaller opponent, until several wrestlers ran in for the save.

Save

(informal) An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
Nice save.

Save

(computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
If you're hit by a power cut, you'll lose all of your changes since your last save.
The game console can store up to eight saves on a single cartridge.

Save

(RPG) A saving throw.

Save

Except; with the exception of.

Save

Unless; except

Save

The herb sage, or salvia.

Save

To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames.
God save all this fair company.
He cried, saying, Lord, save me.
Thou hast . . . quitted all to saveA world from utter loss.

Save

Specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life.
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.

Save

To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.
Now save a nation, and now save a groat.

Save

To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare.
I'll save youThat labor, sir. All's now done.

Save

To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.
Will you not speak to save a lady's blush?

Save

To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.
Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of merit.

Save

To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.
Brass ordnance saveth in the quantity of the material.

Save

Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving.
Five times received I forty stripes save one.

Save

Except; unless.

Save

(sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring;
The goalie made a brilliant save
The relief pitcher got credit for a save

Save

Save from ruin, destruction, or harm

Save

To keep up and reserve for personal or special use;
She saved the old family photographs in a drawer

Save

Bring into safety;
We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack

Save

Spend less; buy at a reduced price

Save

Feather one's nest; have a nest egg;
He saves half his salary

Save

Make unnecessary an expenditure or effort;
This will save money
I'll save you the trouble
This will save you a lot of time

Save

Save from sins

Save

Refrain from harming

Save

Spend sparingly, avoid the waste of;
This move will save money
The less fortunate will have to economize now

Save

Retain rights to;
Keep my job for me while I give birth
Keep my seat, please
Keep open the possibility of a merger

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