Salvage vs Extricate - What's the difference?
salvage | extricate |
the rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation
the ship, crew or cargo so rescued
the compensation paid to the rescuers
the similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued
anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted
damaged
* salvage cars auction.
Of property, people or situations at risk, to rescue
* {{quote-news
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Of discarded goods, to put to use
To make new or restore for the use of being saved
To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.
(rare) To free from intricacies or perplexity
* 1662: Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two)
In lang=en terms the difference between salvage and extricate
is that salvage is to make new or restore for the use of being saved while extricate is to free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.As verbs the difference between salvage and extricate
is that salvage is of property, people or situations at risk, to rescue while extricate is to free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.As a noun salvage
is the rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation or salvage can be .salvage
English
(wikipedia salvage)Etymology 1
From (etyl) salver, from .Noun
(en noun)Verb
(salvag)citation, page= , passage=Robin van Persie looked to have secured the points for the Gunners with a fine goal from Theo Walcott's through ball. But Perisic dipped a sublime 20-yard shot home to salvage a draw.}}
Derived terms
* salvageability * salvageable * salvagerEtymology 2
Alternative forms.External links
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* ----extricate
English
Verb
(extricat)- I finally managed to extricate myself from the tight jacket.
- The firemen had to use the jaws of life to extricate Monica from the car wreck.
- Your argumentation ... is invelloped with certain intricacies, that are not easie to be extricated .
