Save vs Shield - What's the difference?
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In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
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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.
(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.
(computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
(label) To prevent harm or difficulty.
# To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
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# To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
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# (label) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
# (label) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
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To put aside, to avoid.
# (label) To store for future use.
# (label) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
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# (label) To obviate or make unnecessary.
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# To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
# (label) To economize or avoid waste.
# To accumulate money or valuables.
Except; with the exception of.
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Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
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# Figuratively, one who protects or defends.
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# (lichenology) In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
# (mining) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
# (science fiction) A field of energy that protects or defends.
Something shaped like a shield, usually an inverted triangle with slightly curved lower sides.
# (heraldry) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
# A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.
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# (obsolete) A coin, the old French crown, or , having on one side the figure of a shield.
# (label) A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.
# (colloquial, law enforcement) A police badge.
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(geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
# (geology) A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.
Save is a related term of shield.
As verbs the difference between save and shield
is that save is to know while shield is to protect, to defend.As a noun shield is
anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.save
English
Noun
(en noun)- The goaltender made a great save .
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- Jones retired seven to earn the save .
- The giant wrestler continued to beat down his smaller opponent, until several wrestlers ran in for the save .
- 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
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- Thou hastquitted all to save / A world from utter loss.
- I'll save you / That labour, sir. All's now done.
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.
- Will you not speak to save a lady's blush?