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Protection vs Saving - What's the difference?

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Protection is a synonym of saving.


As nouns the difference between protection and saving

is that protection is the process of keeping (something or someone) safe while saving is a reduction in cost or expenditure.

As a verb saving is

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As an adjective saving is

(theology) that saves someone from damnation; redemptive.

As a preposition saving is

with the exception of; except; save.

protection

English

Noun

  • The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
  • :
  • *
  • *:But then I had the flintlock by me for protection . ΒΆ 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 ----

    saving

    English

    Noun

  • A reduction in cost or expenditure.
  • The shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent.
  • (countable, usually plural) Something (usually money) that is saved.
  • I invested all my savings in gold.
  • (uncountable) The action of the verb to save.
  • (obsolete) exception; reservation
  • * L'Estrange
  • Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but still with a saving to honesty.

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (theology) That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.
  • Preserving; rescuing.
  • * Bible, Psalms xxviii. 8
  • He is the saving strength of his anointed.
  • Thrifty; frugal.
  • a saving cook
  • * 1932 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Sunset Song'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), p. 14:
  • Three of her bairns were drowned at sea, fishing off the Bervie braes they had been, but the fourth, the boy Cospatric, him that died the same day as the Old Queen, he was douce and saving and sensible, and set putting the estate to rights.
  • Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.
  • a saving bargain
    The ship has made a saving voyage.
  • Making reservation or exception.
  • a saving clause

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • With the exception of; except; save.
  • * Bible, Revelations ii. 17
  • And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
  • Without disrespect to.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Saving your reverence.
  • * Burns
  • Saving your presence.

    Derived terms

    * life savings * saving grace