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Safety vs Caution - What's the difference?

safety | caution |

As nouns the difference between safety and caution

is that safety is the condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty while caution is precept or warning against evil or danger of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction.

As a verb caution is

to warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted.

safety

English

Noun

(wikipedia safety)
  • The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
    • If you push it to the limit, safety is not guaranteed.
  • (mechanics) A mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental firing.
    • Be sure that the safety is set before proceeding.
  • (American football) An instance of a player being sacked or tackled in the end zone, or steps out of the end zone and off the field, resulting in two points for the opposite team.
    • ''He sacked the quarterback in the end zone for a safety .
  • (American football) Any of the defensive players who are in position furthest from the line of scrimmage and whose responsibility is to defend against passes as well as to be the tacklers of last resort.
    • The free safety made a game-saving tackle on the runner who had broken past the linebackers.
  • Preservation from escape; close custody.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Imprison him, / Deliver him to safety ; and return.

    Antonyms

    * danger

    Derived terms

    * free safety * safety mechanism * safety net * safety pin * strong safety

    Related terms

    * safe

    See also

    * security * secure

    caution

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Precept or warning against evil or danger of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction.
  • * Shakespeare
    • In way of caution I must tell you.
  • A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness.
  • Security; guaranty; bail.
  • * Clarendon
    • The Parliament would yet give his majesty sufficient caution that the war should be prosecuted.
  • One who gives rise to attention or astonishment.
    • Oh, that boy, he's a caution ! He does make me laugh.
  • A formal warning given as an alternative to prosecution in minor cases.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * err on the side of caution * throw caution to the wind

    Related terms

    * cautionary * cautious * caveat * precaution

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted.

    • Anagrams

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