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Insulation vs Preservation - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between insulation and preservation

is that insulation is the act of insulating, or the state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation while preservation is the act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.

insulation

English

(wikipedia insulation)

Noun

  • The act of insulating, or the state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-03
    • , author=Nancy Langston , title=Mining the Boreal North , volume=101, issue=2, page=98 , magazine= citation , passage=Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.}}
  • Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building.
  • (engineering) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound
  • (engineering) The state of a body so separated.
  • (electrical) a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources.

    • Derived terms

    * blanket insulation * cellular glass insulation * composite board insulation * glass fiber insulation

    Related terms

    * insular * insulate * insulator * isolate * isolation * peninsula

    preservation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
  • * William Shakespeare, Henry VIII
    • Nature does not require''
    ''Her times of preservation, which, perforce''
    ''I give my tendence to
  • * Ecclesiastes. xxxiv. 16
    • The eyes of the Lord are upon them that love him, his is ther mighty protection, a preservation from stumbling, and a help from falling.
  • *
    • Every seneseless thing by nature's light''
    ''Doth preservation seek, destruction shun
  • *
    • Our allwise maker has put into man the uneasiness of hunger, thirst and other natural desires, to determine their wills for the preservation of themselves, and the continuation of their species.