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Conserve vs Retention - What's the difference?

conserve | retention |

In obsolete terms the difference between conserve and retention

is that conserve is a conservatory while retention is a place of custody or confinement.

As nouns the difference between conserve and retention

is that conserve is wilderness where human development is prohibited while retention is the act of retaining or something retained.

As a verb conserve

is to save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.

conserve

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Wilderness where human development is prohibited.
  • A jam or thick syrup made from fruit.
  • * Tatler
    • I shall study broths, plasters, and conserves , till from a fine lady I become a notable woman.
  • (obsolete) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar.
  • (obsolete) A conservatory.
    • (Evelyn)

    Verb

    (conserv)
  • To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.
    • to conserve fruits with sugar
  • * Strype
    • the amity which they meant to conserve and maintain with the emperor
  • To protect an environment.
  • (physics, chemistry, intransitive) To remain unchanged during a process

    • Derived terms

    * conservation * conservative * conservatory

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    retention

    English

    (wikipedia retention)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of retaining or something retained
  • * 1599 , , II. iv. 95:
    • No woman's heart / So big, to hold so much; they lack retention .
  • The act or power of remembering things
  • A memory; what is retained in the mind
  • (medicine) The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces
  • (obsolete) That which contains something, as a tablet; a means of preserving impressions.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (obsolete) The act of withholding; restraint; reserve.
  • * 1599 , , V. i. 79:
    • His life I gave him, and did thereto add / My love without retention or restraint,
  • (obsolete) A place of custody or confinement.
  • (legal) The right to withhold a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right is duly paid; a lien.
    • (Erskine)
    (Craig)

    Related terms

    * retentive * retentiveness * retentivity * retentor

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