Salvage vs. Salvation — What's the Difference?

The rescue of a ship or its cargo from fire or shipwreck.

Salvation (from Latin: salvatio, from salva, 'safe, saved') is the state of being saved or protected from harm or a dire situation. In religion and theology, salvation generally refers to the deliverance of the soul from sin and its consequences.

The ship or cargo saved in such a rescue.

Preservation or deliverance from destruction, difficulty, or evil.

Award given to those who aid in such a rescue when under no obligation to do so, especially in the form of a portion of the cargo.

A source, means, or cause of such preservation or deliverance.

The recovery of a sunken ship or its cargo by divers or submersibles.

Deliverance from the power or penalty of sin; redemption.

The act of saving imperiled property from loss.

In religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism, deliverance from the cycle of rebirth and suffering.

The property so saved.

The agent or means that brings about such deliverance.

Something saved from destruction or waste and put to further use.

(religion) The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).

To save from loss or destruction.

The process of being restored or made new for the purpose of becoming saved; the process of being rid of the old poor quality conditions and becoming improved.

To save (discarded or damaged material) for further use.

(rare) To save, in the religious sense; to bring to salvation.

The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.

The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity.

The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.

The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness.

The compensation paid to the rescuers.

Saving power; that which saves.

The money from the sale of rescued goods.

(Christianity) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil

The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.

A means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness;

Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.

The state of being saved or preserved from harm

Obsolete spelling of savage.

Saving someone or something from harm of from an unpleasant situation;

(Philippines) summary execution, extrajudicial killing.

To rescue.

To put to use.

(transitive) To make new or restore for the use of being saved.

(Philippines) To perform summary execution.

(Philippines) To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.

The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea.

The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril.

Savage.

Property or goods saved from damage or destruction

The act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction

The act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire

Save from ruin, destruction, or harm

Collect discarded or refused material;