Retentive vs Preserved - What's the difference?
retentive | preserved |
Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.
* c. 1599 , (William Shakespeare), ''Julius Caeser', Act 1 Scene 3
anal-retentive
(preserve)
A sweet spread made of any of a variety of berries.
A reservation, a nature preserve.
*1881 , :
*:Suppose Shakespeare had been knocked on the head some dark night in preserves , the world would have wagged on better or worse, the pitcher gone to the well, the scythe to the corn, and the student to his book; and no one been any the wiser of the loss.
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, title= To protect; to keep from harm or injury.
* Shakespeare
* (Yuri Gagarin)
To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage.
To maintain throughout; to keep intact.
As an adjective retentive
is having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.As a noun retentive
is (obsolete) that which retains or confines; a restraint.As a verb preserved is
(preserve).retentive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit.
References
* ----preserved
English
Verb
(head)preserve
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
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Usage notes
More often used in the plural, as strawberry preserves'', but the form without the ''-s can also be used as the plural form, or to refer to a single type.Synonyms
* jam * jelly * marmaladeSee also
* preserverVerb
(preserv)- Now, good angels preserve the king.
- Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it.
- to preserve peaches or grapes
- to preserve''' appearances; to '''preserve silence