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Preserving vs Withhold - What's the difference?

preserving | withhold |

As verbs the difference between preserving and withhold

is that preserving is while withhold is to keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.

As a noun preserving

is preservation.

preserving

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • preservation
  • * 1924 , Wilbur Olin Hedrick, The Economics of a Food Supply (page 26)
  • Some preservings of foods, indeed, can scarcely be done to advantage except on a large scale.

    withhold

    English

    Verb

  • To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
  • To keep (information, etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
  • To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.
  • Synonyms

    * retain

    Derived terms

    * overwithhold * underwithhold