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Protective vs Talismanic - What's the difference?

protective | talismanic |

As adjectives the difference between protective and talismanic

is that protective is serving, intended or wishing to protect while talismanic is of, relating to, or like, a talisman.

As a noun protective

is (british) something that protects.

protective

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Serving, intended or wishing to protect.

    • Derived terms

    * protective custody

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) Something that protects.
  • A condom.

    • talismanic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or like, a talisman.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 19 , author=Phil McNulty , title=England 1-0 Ukraine , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Oleg Blokhin's side lost the talismanic Andriy Shevchenko to the substitutes' bench because of a knee injury but still showed enough to put England through real turmoil in spells.}}
  • Possessing or believed to possess protective magical power.

    • Derived terms

    * talismanically

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