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Bulrush vs Protect - What's the difference?

bulrush | protect |

As a noun bulrush

is any of several wetland plants, mostly in the family Cyperaceae (the sedges).

As a verb protect is

to keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.

bulrush

English

Alternative forms

* bullrush

Noun

(es)
  • Any of several wetland plants, mostly in the family Cyperaceae (the sedges):
  • # (Americas) Sedges in the genera (formerly considered Scirpus ), having clusters of spikelets.
  • # (UK) Cattails or reedmace, in the genus
  • # (biblical) A plant referred to in the story of Moses as growing along the banks of the Nile, which is believed to be the papyrus, .

    • Related terms

    * rush

    See also

    * cattail * papyrus * reed * sedge

    External links

    * ("bulrush" on Wikipedia) * (Cyperaceae) * (Cyperaceae)

    protect

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter , title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered , volume=100, issue=2, page=87 , magazine= citation , passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.}}

    Synonyms

    * (l) * See also

    Derived terms

    * protection * To protect and to serve