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Protect vs Protectant - What's the difference?

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Protect is a related term of protectant.


As a verb protect

is to keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.

As a noun protectant is

something which gives protection.

protect

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • 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 , magazine= 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 also

    Derived terms

    * protection * To protect and to serve

    protectant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something which gives protection.
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    • , passage=The active ingredient in both products is dimethicone, a skin protectant also found in less-expensive drugstore creams. }}

    Related terms

    *protector *protect