Exploit vs Protect - What's the difference?
exploit | protect |
A heroic or extraordinary deed.
An achievement.
(computing) A program or technique that exploits a vulnerability in other software.
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=
As verbs the difference between exploit and protect
is that exploit is to use for one’s own advantage while protect is to keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.As a noun exploit
is a heroic or extraordinary deed.exploit
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(en noun)Synonyms
* take advantage of,protect
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(en verb)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.}}
