Deposit vs Save - What's the difference?
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Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
That which is placed anywhere, or in anyone's hands, for safekeeping; something entrusted to the care of another.
(banking) Money placed in an account.
Anything left behind on a surface.
(finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit
A place of deposit; a depository.
To lay down; to place; to put.
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To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
To put money or funds into an account.
To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
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(baseball) When a relief pitcher comes into a game with a 3 run or less lead, and his team wins while continually being ahead.
(professional wrestling, slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
(computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
(label) To prevent harm or difficulty.
# To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
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# To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
# (label) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
# (label) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
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To put aside, to avoid.
# (label) To store for future use.
# (label) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
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#*:An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
# (label) To obviate or make unnecessary.
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# To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
# (label) To economize or avoid waste.
# To accumulate money or valuables.
Except; with the exception of.
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*:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
As verbs the difference between deposit and save
is that deposit is to lay down; to place; to put while save is to know.As a noun deposit
is sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material sometimes refers to ore or gems.deposit
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Alternative forms
* depositeNoun
(en noun)- a mineral deposit
- a deposit of seaweed on the shore
- They put a deposit on the apartment.
Derived terms
* security deposit * container-deposit * bottle deposit * can depositSee also
* refundableVerb
(en verb)- A crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand.
- The waters deposited a rich alluvium.
- The fear is deposited in conscience.
- to deposit goods in a warehouse
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Antonyms
* withdrawalAnagrams
* * *save
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Noun
(en noun)- The goaltender made a great save .
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- Jones retired seven to earn the save .
- The giant wrestler continued to beat down his smaller opponent, until several wrestlers ran in for the save .
- If you're hit by a power cut, you'll lose all of your changes since your last save .
- The game console can store up to eight saves on a single cartridge.
Verb
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- Thou hastquitted all to save / A world from utter loss.
- I'll save you / That labour, sir. All's now done.
Chelsea 6-0 Wolves
- Chelsea's youngsters, who looked lively throughout, then combined for the second goal in the seventh minute. Romeu's shot was saved by Wolves goalkeeper Dorus De Vries but Piazon kept the ball alive and turned it back for an unmarked Bertrand to blast home.
- Will you not speak to save a lady's blush?
