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Protect vs Protected - What's the difference?

protect | protected |

As verbs the difference between protect and protected

is that protect is to keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to while protected is (protect).

As an adjective protected is

defended.

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

    protected

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • defended.
  • Having the protected access modifier, indicating that a program element is accessible to subclasses but not to the program in general.
  • Antonyms

    * unprotected

    Derived terms

    * protected sex

    Verb

    (head)
  • (protect)
  • Anagrams

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