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Protect vs Serving - What's the difference?

protect | serving |

As verbs the difference between protect and serving

is that protect is to keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to while serving is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective serving is

that or who serves or serve.

As a noun serving is

the action of the verb to serve.

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

    serving

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That or who serves or serve.
    • serving marines
    serving girl

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The action of the verb to serve .
    • The tennis match began with her serving .
  • (countable) A portion (especially, of a meal) served to someone.
  • (countable) A layer added to the outside of an electrical cable to protect it

    • Verb

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