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save | risk |

In transitive terms the difference between save and risk

is that save is to obviate or make unnecessary while risk is to incur risk (by something).

As a preposition save

is except; with the exception of.

As a conjunction save

is unless; except.

save

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
    • The goaltender made a great save .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Sam Sheringham , title=Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Wolves defender Ronald Zubar was slightly closer with his shot on the turn as he forced Pepe Reina, on his 200th Premier League appearance, into a low save .}}
  • (baseball) When a relief pitcher comes into a game with a 3 run or less lead, and his team wins while continually being ahead.
    • Jones retired seven to earn the save .
  • (professional wrestling, slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
    • The giant wrestler continued to beat down his smaller opponent, until several wrestlers ran in for the save .
  • (computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
    • If you're hit by a power cut, you'll lose all of your changes since your last save .
    The game console can store up to eight saves on a single cartridge.

    Verb

    (sav)
  • (label) To prevent harm or difficulty.
  • # To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
  • #*{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-14, volume=411, issue=8891, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= It's a gas , passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}
  • # To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
  • #* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • Thou hastquitted all to save / A world from utter loss.
  • # To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
  • #* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • I'll save you / That labour, sir. All's now done.
  • # (label) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
  • # (label) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
  • #* 2012 , Chelsea 6-0 Wolves
  • Chelsea's youngsters, who looked lively throughout, then combined for the second goal in the seventh minute. Romeu's shot was saved by Wolves goalkeeper Dorus De Vries but Piazon kept the ball alive and turned it back for an unmarked Bertrand to blast home.
  • To put aside, to avoid.
  • # (label) To store for future use.
  • # (label) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
  • #*
  • #*:An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
  • # (label) To obviate or make unnecessary.
  • #* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • Will you not speak to save a lady's blush?
  • # To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
  • # (label) To economize or avoid waste.
  • # To accumulate money or valuables.

    • Usage notes

    In computing sense “to write a file”, also used as phrasal verb (save down) informally. Compare other computing phrasal verbs such as (print out) and (close out).

    Derived terms

    * save as * saved by the bell * saved game, savegame * save file, savefile * save point, savepoint * save slot * save state * save the day * to save one's life

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Except; with the exception of.
  • :
  • *
  • *:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.

    • Synonyms

    * (with the exception of) except

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • (dated) unless; except

    • Derived terms

    * * save as

    Statistics

    *

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    risk

    English

    (wikipedia risk)

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A possible, usually negative, outcome, e.g., a danger.
  • * Macaulay
    • the imminent and constant risk of assassination, a risk which has shaken very strong nerves
  • * 2006 , BBC News'' website, ''Farmers warned over skin cancer read at [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4764525.stm] on 14 May 2006
    • There was also a "degree of complacency" that the weather in the country was not good enough to present a health risk .
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Snakes and ladders , passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.}}
  • The likelihood of a negative outcome.
  • * 2006', Trever Ramsey on ''BBC News'' website, ''Exercise 'cuts skin cancer '''risk' read at [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4764535.stm] on 14 May 2006
    • Taking regular exercise, coupled with a healthy diet, reduced the risk of several types of cancer.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01, author=Stephen Ledoux, volume=100, issue=1, page=60
    • , magazine= , title= Behaviorism at 100 , passage=Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.}}
  • The potential (conventionally negative) should it occur.
  • * 2002', Decisioneering Inc website, ''What is '''risk ? read at [http://www.decisioneering.com/risk-analysis.html] on 14 May 2006
    • If there is a 25% chance of running over schedule, costing you a $100 out of your own pocket, that might be a risk' you are willing to take. But if you have a 5% chance of running overschedule, knowing that there is a $10,000 penalty, you might be less willing to take that ' risk .

    Derived terms

    * market risk * credit risk * currency risk * operational risk * political risk * financial risk * residual risk * health risk * inflation risk * risk management * risk assessment * risk analysis

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To incur risk (to something).
  • * 2006 , BBC Sport website, Beckham wary over Rooney comeback read at [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/england/4769433.stm] on 14 May 2006
    • England captain David Beckham has warned Wayne Rooney not to risk his long-term future by rushing his return from injury.
  • To incur risk (of something).
  • * 2006 , Transportation Alternatives'' website, ''Rail delays as thieves cut power read at [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/4972476.stm] on 14 May 2006
    • These people are putting themselves in danger by physically being on or near to the railway lines and risk ing serious injury.
  • To incur risk (by something).
  • * 1999 , BBC News'' website, ''Volunteer of the Month: Andrew Hay McConnell read at [http://www.transalt.org/press/magazine/994Summer/12volunteer.html] on 14 May 2006
    • After coming to New York, I decided to risk cycling again.

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    See also

    * roll the dice, take a chance

    Anagrams

    * ----