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Preservation vs Confit - What's the difference?

preservation | confit |

As nouns the difference between preservation and confit

is that preservation is the act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill while confit is any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation.

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.

    confit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation.