Safety vs Insurance - What's the difference?
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The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
(mechanics) A mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental firing.
(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.
(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.
Preservation from escape; close custody.
* Shakespeare
A means of indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event.
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The business of providing insurance.
Metaphoric: Any attempt to anticipate an unfavorable event.
Blackjack: A bet made after the deal, which pays off if the dealer has blackjack.
(countable) An insurance policy
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As nouns the difference between safety and insurance
is that safety is the condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty while insurance is a means of indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event.safety
English
Noun
(wikipedia safety)- If you push it to the limit, safety is not guaranteed.
- Be sure that the safety is set before proceeding.
- ''He sacked the quarterback in the end zone for a safety .
- The free safety made a game-saving tackle on the runner who had broken past the linebackers.
- Imprison him, / Deliver him to safety ; and return.
Antonyms
* dangerDerived terms
* free safety * safety mechanism * safety net * safety pin * strong safetySee also
* security * secureinsurance
English
Noun
(wikipedia insurance) (en-noun)citation, passage=In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance .}}
- The car was totalled, but fortunately I had insurance .
- After five years in banking, I switched to insurance .
- The sky was clear, but I took my umbrella for insurance .
- I only take insurance if the count is right.
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