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Protecting vs Preserving - What's the difference?

protecting | preserving |

As verbs the difference between protecting and preserving

is that protecting is while preserving is .

As a noun preserving is

preservation.

protecting

English

Verb

(head)

    • 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.