Safe vs Valid - What's the difference?
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Not in danger; free from harm's reach.
Free from risk; harmless, riskless.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
(baseball) When a batter successfully reaches first base, or when a baserunner successfully advances to the next base or returns to the base he last occupied; not out.
Properly secured; secure.
(used after a noun, often, forming a compound) Not in danger from the specified source of harm.
(UK, slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable;
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, passage=“If you need more, just ring, yeah?” Punch said.¶ “Safe ,” Brian answered.}}
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Reliable.
Cautious.
A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.
(slang) A condom.
* 1999 , (Rita Ciresi), Pink Slip , Delta (1999), ISBN 0385323638,
(dated) A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
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Acceptable, proper or correct.
Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
(logic) Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
(logic) Of an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true.
Safe is a related term of valid.
As a noun safe
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English
(wikipedia safe)Adjective
(er)citation, passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}
citation, passage=and you also forgot to mentioned(SIC) the wheels man you know bmw playing¶ ragga jungle hip hop tunes¶ and on the mobile¶ yeah safe !¶ nice one¶ later}}
citation, isbn=9780413772091, page=165 , passage=Young Mal: Yu can’t. Irie means yer cool, yer safe , everything awright.}}
citation, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=mjbGFX-X_-8C&pg=PT145&dq=yeah+safe+laters&hl=en&ei=0r5ZTPPdE4ymOKyAufII&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAw
citation, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=pJIGiwslfZoC&pg=PA62&dq=safe , isbn=9781858562424, page=62 , passage=They end the call.'' Fami ''goes over to'' Paul. ''They touch hands .¶ Femi: Yeah, safe man.}}
- “Yeah, safe mate, wassup?” says one hoodie, who should at least be credited with attempting a more detailed sentence construction.
Synonyms
* harmless, riskless * secure * (cool) wicked, cool, awesome * (reliable) trustworthyAntonyms
* unsafe * dangerous * harmful * insecureHyponyms
* (not in danger from the specified source of harm) * *Noun
(en noun)page 328:
- She'd better have an arsenal of Trojans in her purse just in case he wasn't carrying a safe in his back pocket.
Synonyms
* (box for storing valuables) coffer, lockbox, strongbox * (condom) see also .Derived terms
* * * * *See also
* save * safetyStatistics
*External links
* * * 1000 English basic words ----valid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?}}
- I will believe him as soon as he offers a valid answer.
- A valid format for the date is MM/DD/YY.
- Do not drive without a valid license.
- An argument is valid if and only if the set consisting of both (1) all of its premises and (2) the contradictory of its conclusion is inconsistent.