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Protector vs Asylum - What's the difference?

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Protector is a related term of asylum.


As nouns the difference between protector and asylum

is that protector is someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative while asylum is a place of safety.

protector

English

Alternative forms

* protectour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
  • A device or mechanism which is designed to protect.
  • One who prevents interference.
  • A state or other subject under international law, exercising a protectorate over another subject in international law.
  • * Jon Huntsman, Jr.
  • I stand before you in the spirit of pure public service — not as a protector of the status quo, but as an agent of change.
  • (UK, historical) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.
  • (Shakespeare)
  • (Roman Catholic) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc.
  • Synonyms

    * guard * sentry

    asylum

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place of safety.
  • The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place.
  • A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
  • * , chapter=5
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum , it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner.

    Synonyms

    * sanctuary * shelter

    Derived terms

    * insane asylum * mental asylum * orphan asylum * asylum seeker

    See also

    * refugee ----