Guard vs Attend - What's the difference?
guard | attend |
A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2
, passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.
(military) A squad responsible for protecting something.
A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.
(Australia) A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
* {{quote-newsgroup, group=aus.cars, author=Pendles, date=December 24, year=1996
, title= c5b98b930e946088
, passage=Another possible way is to go for a lower profile tyre (50 series). This effectively lowers the distance of the tyre wall away from the guard (not by much though and generally, the lower the profile, the wider the tyre so the tyre may stick out more as well).}}
* {{quote-newsgroup, group=aus.cars, author=Nathan, date=November 23, year=1999
, passage=The reason I'm asking - Whenever I put some weight in the back of the car (say - a passenger or two) the rear tyres can sometimes hit the guards .
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* {{quote-newsgroup, group=alt.autos, author=Confusement, date=June 12, year=2001
, passage=I had just bought myself broken headlights, a f**ked up grill, a front guard' bent into my front tyre, a leaky radiator and one *SLIGHTLY* bent chassis rail end. I turned the key on my stalled motor and she kicked over first go - if it weren't for the ' guard bent into the tyre, I could've driven home later if I wanted to.
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(basketball) A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or center.
(cricket) The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard .
(American football) Either of two offensive positions between the center and each of the offensive tackles, whose main responsibilities are to protect the quarterback, and open up "holes" through which offensive players can run.
(sports) A player playing a position named guard.
(rail) An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train.
(computing, programming) A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue.
To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
* Shakespeare
To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or position of defense or safety.
To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
* Shakespeare
To fasten by binding; to gird.
(archaic) To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed.
* Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
(archaic) To listen ((to), (unto)).
* , chapter=15
, title= To wait upon as a servant etc.; to accompany to assist (someone).
* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* (1800-1859)
(senseid)To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies.}}
* 1994 , (Nelson Mandela), (Long Walk to Freedom) , Abacus 2010, p. 20:
To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for.
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
As verbs the difference between guard and attend
is that guard is to protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend while attend is ("to kindle") or attend can be (archaic|transitive) to listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed.As a noun guard
is a person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.guard
English
Alternative forms
* (all obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Tyres rubbing on guards, %22guards%22+group:aus.cars
Tyres rubbing on guards, %22guards%22+group:aus.*
Position N or D, %22guards%22+group:aus.cars
Synonyms
* (part of machine blocking dangerous parts) protection * (panel of a car enclosing a wheel) fenderDerived terms
* be on one's guard * bodyguard * changing of the guard * crossing guard * guard dog * guardian * lifeguard * mudguard * off guard * on guard * rear guard * safeguard * vanguardVerb
(en verb)- For Heaven still guards the right.
- Guard the prisoner.
- Careful people guard against mistakes.
- The body of your discourse is sometime guarded with fragments, and the guards are but slightly basted on neither.
- (Ben Jonson)
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*attend
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) attenden, atenden, from (etyl) .Etymology 2
From (etyl) attenden, atenden, from (etyl) ; see tend and compare attempt.Verb
(en verb)- The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not attend the unskilful words of the passenger.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.}}
- The fifth had charge sick persons to attend .
- Attends the emperor in his royal court.
- With a sore heart and a gloomy brow, he prepared to attend William thither.
- I attended a one-room school next door to the palace and studied English, Xhosa, history and geography.
- What cares must then attend the toiling swain.
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
- the state that attends all men after this
- Three days I promised to attend my doom.