Reserve vs. Conserve — What's the Difference?

To keep back, as for future use or for a special purpose

To protect from loss or harm; preserve

To set or cause to be set apart for a particular person or use

To use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste

Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose

To keep (a quantity) constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary changes.

An amount of capital that is not invested or otherwise used in order to meet probable demands, such as withdrawals by bank depositors or claims on insurance policies.

To preserve (fruits) with sugar.

Lack of enthusiasm, as from a misgiving or doubt

To economize

Self-restraint in expression or bearing; reticence or coolness

A jam made of fruits stewed in sugar.

A reservation of public land

Wilderness where human development is prohibited.

An amount of a mineral, fossil fuel, or other resource known to exist in a particular location and to be exploitable

A jam or thick syrup made from fruit.

A fighting force kept uncommitted until strategic need arises.

(obsolete) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar.

The part of a country's armed forces not on active duty but subject to call in an emergency.

(obsolete) A conservatory.

A member of either of these forces

(transitive) To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.

A group of players that play only as substitutes for starters in games or are kept from playing for some reason.

(transitive) To protect an environment, heritage, etc.

One of these players.

To remain unchanged during a process

Held in or forming a reserve

To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.

(behaviour) Restriction.

To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.

The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception.

Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection.

Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.

A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.

That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.

A conservatory.

A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.

Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose

Keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change;

(Canada) A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US reservation.)

Keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction;

(military) A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.

Use cautiously and frugally;

Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements.

Preserve with sugar;

A reserve price in an auction.

Wine held back and aged before being sold.

(ceramics) Absence of color or decoration; the state of being left plain.

(social) Something initially kept back for later use in a recreation.

(sports) A member of a team who does not participate from the start of the game, but can be used to replace tired or injured team-mates.

(card games) A group or pile of cards dealt out at the beginning of a patience or solitaire game to be used during play.

In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified.

(calico printing) A resist.

A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.

To keep back; to retain.

To keep in store for future or special use.

To book in advance; to make a reservation.

(obsolete) To make an exception of; to except.

To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.

Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain; to make a reservation{7}.

To make an exception of; to except.

The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation.

That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use.

That which is excepted; exception.

Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.

A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy.

A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.

Funds kept on hand to meet liabilities.

That part of the assets of a bank or other financial institution specially kept in cash in a more or less liquid form as a reasonable provision for meeting all demands which may be made upon it;

In exhibitions, a distinction which indicates that the recipient will get a prize if another should be disqualified.

A resist.

A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.

Formality and propriety of manner

Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose

An athlete who plays only when another member of the team drops out

(medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions

A district that is reserved for particular purpose

Armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency

The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

Hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency;

Give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause;

Obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance;

Arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance;

Not engaged in military action

Kept in reserve especially for emergency use;