Reservation vs Precaution - What's the difference?
reservation | precaution |
The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.
Something that is withheld or kept back.
A limiting qualification (often used in the plural).
(US) A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian (reserve)).
An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.
(UK) The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway.
(India) The setting aside of a certain percentage of vacancies in government institutions for members of backward and underrepresented communities (defined primarily by caste and tribe).
Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good; as, his life was saved by precaution.
* John Henry Newman
A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act.
(transitive): To warn or caution beforehand. --.
(rare): To take precaution against. --.
As nouns the difference between reservation and precaution
is that reservation is reservation while precaution is precaution.reservation
English
Noun
(en noun)- I have reservations about your intentions.
Synonyms
* booking (5) * median (6) * median strip (6)Abbreviations
* res, rez (Indian reservation)precaution
English
Noun
(en noun)- The ancient philosophers treasured up their supposed discoveries with miserable precaution .
- to take precautions against risks of accident
