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Guard vs Shelter - What's the difference?

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Guard is a related term of shelter.


As nouns the difference between guard and shelter

is that guard is a person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something while shelter is a refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.

As verbs the difference between guard and shelter

is that guard is to protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend while shelter is to provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.

guard

English

Alternative forms

* (all obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
  • *
    • , 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= Tyres rubbing on guards, %22guards%22+group:aus.cars
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    • , 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 . , title= Tyres rubbing on guards, %22guards%22+group:aus.*
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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= Position N or D, %22guards%22+group:aus.cars
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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.

    • Synonyms

    * (part of machine blocking dangerous parts) protection * (panel of a car enclosing a wheel) fender

    Derived 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 * vanguard

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
  • * Shakespeare
    • For Heaven still guards the right.
  • To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
    • Guard the prisoner.
  • To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or position of defense or safety.
    • Careful people guard against mistakes.
  • To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The body of your discourse is sometime guarded with fragments, and the guards are but slightly basted on neither.
  • To fasten by binding; to gird.
    • (Ben Jonson)

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    shelter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=7 citation , passage=The detective kept them in view. He made his way casually along the inside of the shelter until he reached an open scuttle close to where the two men were standing talking. Eavesdropping was not a thing Larard would have practised from choice, but there were times when, in the public interest, he had to do it, and this was one of them.}}
  • An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women etc.

    • Derived terms

    * bus shelter

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.
  • * Dryden
    • Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head.
  • * Southey
    • You have no convents in which such persons may be received and sheltered .
  • To take cover.
    • During the rainstorm, we sheltered under a tree.