Save vs Bless - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between save and bless

is that save is to prevent harm or difficulty while bless is to make something blessed; to confer blessing upon.

As a noun save

is in various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.

As a preposition save

is except; with the exception of.

As a conjunction save

is unless; except.

As an interjection bless is

Used as an expression of endearment, or (ironically) belittlement.

save
English

Noun
(en noun)
In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.

The goaltender made a great save .

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(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.

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# 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.

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#*: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.

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*: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
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bless
English

Etymology 1
From (etyl) blessen, from (etyl) . More at bleed.
Verb

To make something blessed; to confer blessing upon.

To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (oneself).

(Holinshed)

To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.

* Bible, Ps. ciii. 1

Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.

* Bible, Jer. iv. 3

The nations shall bless themselves in him.

(obsolete) To wave; to brandish.

* Spenser

And burning blades about their heads do bless .

* Fairfax

Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest .

To turn (a reference) into an object.

(archaic) To secure, defend, or preserve from .

* Shakespeare

Bless' me ' from marrying a usurer.

* Milton

to bless' the doors ' from nightly harm

Antonyms
* curse * condemn * unbless
Related terms
* blessed * blessing
Etymology 2
An ellipsis for an expression such as .
Interjection
(en interjection)
(UK, informal)

* 1998 , "Peter Coffey", New Alternative View Of Atomic Structure'' (on Internet newsgroup ''sci.chem )

Ah bless ! You must be the welcoming committee for anyone who dares express ignorance.

* 2000 , "Hellraiser" (on Internet newsgroup uk.people.teens )

oh bless . *hug* that is not true. nobody here bears a grudge against 13 year old dear or against you.

* 2001 , "Will", Am I still here?'' (on Internet newsgroup ''uk.religion.pagan )

Aw bless ... have white chocolate fudge muffin....a new batch.... made them last night after Nigella....

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