Protector vs Refuge - What's the difference?
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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.
(UK, historical) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.
(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.
A state of safety, protection or shelter.
* Milton
A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.}}
Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 21, author=Helen Pidd, work=the Guardian
, title= An expedient to secure protection or defence.
* Shakespeare
To return to a place of shelter.
* 2011 , Michael D. Gumert, ?Agustín Fuentes, ?Lisa Jones-Engel, Monkeys on the Edge
(obsolete) To shelter; to protect.
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Protector is a related term of refuge.
As nouns the difference between protector and refuge
is that protector is someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative while refuge is a state of safety, protection or shelter.As a verb refuge is
to return to a place of shelter.protector
English
Alternative forms
* protectour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- 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.
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* guard * sentryrefuge
English
Noun
(en noun)- Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these / Find place or refuge .
Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis, passage=Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world.}}
- Their latest refuge / Was to send him.
Synonyms
* haven * sanctuary * zoarDerived terms
* refugee * refugiumVerb
(refug)- Among these macaques, although activity cycles are quite variable from location to location, refuging is a common characteristic.