Preserved vs Saved - What's the difference?
preserved | saved |
(preserve)
A sweet spread made of any of a variety of berries.
A reservation, a nature preserve.
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*:Suppose Shakespeare had been knocked on the head some dark night in preserves , the world would have wagged on better or worse, the pitcher gone to the well, the scythe to the corn, and the student to his book; and no one been any the wiser of the loss.
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, title= To protect; to keep from harm or injury.
* Shakespeare
* (Yuri Gagarin)
To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage.
To maintain throughout; to keep intact.
(save)
(Christianity) Rescued from the consequences of sin.
As verbs the difference between preserved and saved
is that preserved is past tense of preserve while saved is past tense of save.As an adjective saved is
rescued from the consequences of sin.preserved
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Verb
(head)preserve
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
T time, passage=The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.}}
Usage notes
More often used in the plural, as strawberry preserves'', but the form without the ''-s can also be used as the plural form, or to refer to a single type.Synonyms
* jam * jelly * marmaladeSee also
* preserverVerb
(preserv)- Now, good angels preserve the king.
- Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it.
- to preserve peaches or grapes
- to preserve''' appearances; to '''preserve silence
Anagrams
* perverse ----saved
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- 1988: Are you saved, Mr Woardly-Fish?'' —