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Protection vs Coverage - What's the difference?

protection | coverage |

As nouns the difference between protection and coverage

is that protection is the process of keeping (something or someone) safe while coverage is an amount by which something or someone is covered.

protection

English

Noun

  • The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
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  • *:But then I had the flintlock by me for protection . ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window.
  • The state of being safe.
  • A means of keeping or remaining safe.
  • A means, such as a condom, of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease.
  • (lb) Coverage.
  • Immunity from harm obtained by illegal payments, as bribery or extortion.
  • (lb) Restrictions on foreign competitors which limit their ability to compete with domestic producers of goods or services.
  • (lb) An instance of a security token associated with a resource (such as a file).
  • Derived terms

    * autoprotection * heteroprotection * protection course * protection money * protection racket

    See also

    * be prepared ----

    coverage

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia coverage)
  • An amount by which something or someone is covered.
  • Don't go to lunch if we don't have enough coverage for the help-desk phones.
    Before laying sod on that clay, the ground needs two inches of coverage with topsoil.
    The enemy fire is increasing – can we get some immediate coverage from those bunkers?
    There are overlapping coverages on your insurance policies.
  • The amount of space or time given to an event in newspapers or on television.
  • (lb) The average number of reads representing a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence.