Conserved vs Preserved - What's the difference?
conserved | preserved |
(conserve)
Of or relating to something to which conservation has been applied; saved from being wasted
(preserve)
A sweet spread made of any of a variety of berries.
A reservation, a nature preserve.
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*:Suppose Shakespeare had been knocked on the head some dark night in preserves , the world would have wagged on better or worse, the pitcher gone to the well, the scythe to the corn, and the student to his book; and no one been any the wiser of the loss.
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, title= To protect; to keep from harm or injury.
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* (Yuri Gagarin)
To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage.
To maintain throughout; to keep intact.
As verbs the difference between conserved and preserved
is that conserved is past tense of conserve while preserved is past tense of preserve.As an adjective conserved
is of or relating to something to which conservation has been applied; saved from being wasted.conserved
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- This hybrid automobile saves a lot of money from conserved gasoline.
Anagrams
*preserved
English
Verb
(head)preserve
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
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Usage notes
More often used in the plural, as strawberry preserves'', but the form without the ''-s can also be used as the plural form, or to refer to a single type.Synonyms
* jam * jelly * marmaladeSee also
* preserverVerb
(preserv)- Now, good angels preserve the king.
- Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it.
- to preserve peaches or grapes
- to preserve''' appearances; to '''preserve silence