guard

As verbs the difference between guard and maintain

is that guard is to protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend while maintain is (obsolete|transitive) to support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.

As a noun guard

is a person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.

As nouns the difference between guard and safekeeping

is that guard is a person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something while safekeeping is the act of keeping something safe; protection from harm, damage, loss, or theft.

As a verb guard

is to protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.

As nouns the difference between officer and guard

is that officer is (senseid)one who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations while guard is a person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.

As verbs the difference between officer and guard

is that officer is to supply with officers while guard is to protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.

As nouns the difference between guard and police

is that guard is a person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something while police is policy (contract of insurance).

As a verb guard

is to protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.

As verbs the difference between guard and guarded

is that guard is to protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend while guarded is past tense of guard.

As a noun guard

is a person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.

As an adjective guarded is

cautious; restrained.

Defense is a related term of guard.

As nouns the difference between defense and guard

is that defense is defence (action of defending or protecting from attack, danger or injury, or any means for that purpose) while guard is a person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.

As a verb guard is

to protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.

Guard is a related term of buffer.

In rail|lang=en terms the difference between guard and buffer

is that guard is (rail) an employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train while buffer is (rail) the metal barrier to help prevent trains from running off the end of the track.

As nouns the difference between guard and buffer

is that guard is a person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something while buffer is someone or something that buffs.

As verbs the difference between guard and buffer

is that guard is to protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend while buffer is to use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.

As an adjective buffer is

(buff).

As nouns the difference between vigilante and guard

is that vigilante is a person who considers it their own responsibility to uphold the law in their neighborhood and often does so summarily and without legal jurisdiction while guard is a person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.

As a verb guard is

to protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.

As nouns the difference between guard and defence

is that guard is a person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something while defence is the action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.

As verbs the difference between guard and defence

is that guard is to protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend while defence is to furnish with defences; to fortify.

In military terms the difference between guard and patrol

is that guard is a squad responsible for protecting something while patrol is the guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.

As nouns the difference between guard and patrol

is that guard is a person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something while patrol is a going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.

As verbs the difference between guard and patrol

is that guard is to protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend while patrol is to go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.