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Supported vs Protected - What's the difference?

supported | protected |

As adjectives the difference between supported and protected

is that supported is held in position, especially from below while protected is defended.

As verbs the difference between supported and protected

is that supported is (support) while protected is (protect).

supported

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Held in position, especially from below.
  • Furnished with corroborating evidence.
  • Helped or aided.
  • Having supporters.

    • Antonyms

    * unsupported

    Verb

    (head)
  • (support)

    • protected

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • defended.
  • Having the protected access modifier, indicating that a program element is accessible to subclasses but not to the program in general.

    • Antonyms

    * unprotected

    Derived terms

    * protected sex

    Verb

    (head)
  • (protect)

    • Anagrams

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