Protect vs Immune - What's the difference?
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To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
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Exempt; not subject to.
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Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.
(by extension) Not vulnerable.
(medicine) Of or pertaining to the immune system.
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, title= (epidemiology) A person who is not susceptible to infection by a particular disease
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To make immune.
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* 1905 , American Veterinary Medical Association, Journal (volume 29, page 42)
As verbs the difference between protect and immune
is that protect is to keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to while immune is to make immune.As an adjective immune is
exempt; not subject to.As a noun immune is
(epidemiology) a person who is not susceptible to infection by a particular disease.protect
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Verb
(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.}}
Synonyms
* (l) * See alsoDerived terms
* protection * To protect and to serveimmune
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Adjective
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Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.}}
Antonyms
* susceptible * vulnerableDerived terms
* autoimmuneNoun
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Coordinate terms
* infective * susceptibleVerb
(immun)- In the seventies those who met me did not know / Of the vision / That immuned me from the chillings of mis-prision
- The utilization of such milk will, however, necessitate an adaptable milk preservation method, through which the immuning agents will not be destroyed or diminished.