Jeopardize vs Protect - What's the difference?
jeopardize | protect |
(US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.
To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
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, author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter
, title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered
, volume=100, issue=2, page=87
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As verbs the difference between jeopardize and protect
is that jeopardize is (us) to put in jeopardy, to threaten while protect is to keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.jeopardize
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* jeopardise (British)Verb
(en-verb)- After having an affair with a junior, her chances of promotion were seriously jeopardized .
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.}}