Guard vs Refuge - What's the difference?
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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.
, title= 858d4e8157091200}}
(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.
A state of safety, protection or shelter.
* Milton
A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.}}
Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 21, author=Helen Pidd, work=the Guardian
, title= An expedient to secure protection or defence.
* Shakespeare
To return to a place of shelter.
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(obsolete) To shelter; to protect.
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Guard is a related term of refuge.
As nouns the difference between guard and refuge
is that guard is a person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something while refuge is a state of safety, protection or shelter.As verbs the difference between guard and refuge
is that guard is to protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend while refuge is to return to a place of shelter.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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*refuge
English
Noun
(en noun)- Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these / Find place or refuge .
Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis, passage=Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world.}}
- Their latest refuge / Was to send him.
Synonyms
* haven * sanctuary * zoarDerived terms
* refugee * refugiumVerb
(refug)- Among these macaques, although activity cycles are quite variable from location to location, refuging is a common characteristic.