Keep vs. Save

Keepverb

To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.

Keepverb

To hold the status of something.

Keepverb

To maintain possession of.

Keepverb

To maintain the condition of.

Keepverb

(transitive) To record transactions, accounts, or events in.

Keepverb

(transitive) To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.

Keepverb

(archaic) To remain in, to be confined to.

Keepverb

To restrain.

Keepverb

(with from) To watch over, look after, guard, protect.

Keepverb

To supply with necessities and financially support a person.

Keepverb

(of living things) To raise; to care for.

Keepverb

To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.

Keepverb

To have habitually in stock for sale.

Keepverb

To hold or be held in a state.

Keepverb

(obsolete) To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.

Keepverb

To continue.

Keepverb

To remain edible or otherwise usable.

Keepverb

(copulative) To remain in a state.

Keepverb

(obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.

Keepverb

To act as wicket-keeper.

Keepverb

To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.

Keepverb

To be in session; to take place.

Keepverb

(transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.

Keepverb

To confine oneself to; not to quit; to remain in.

Keepverb

To visit (a place) often; to frequent.

Keepnoun

(obsolete) Care, notice

Keepnoun

(historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.

Keepnoun

The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.

Keepnoun

The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.

Keepnoun

The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.

Keepnoun

(obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.

Keepnoun

(engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.

Keepverb

To care; to desire.

Keepverb

To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose; to retain; to detain.

Keepverb

To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to maintain unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or tenor.

Keepverb

To have in custody; to have in some place for preservation; to take charge of.

Keepverb

To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard.

Keepverb

To preserve from discovery or publicity; not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret.

Keepverb

To attend upon; to have the care of; to tend.

Keepverb

To record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to keep books, a journal, etc.; also, to enter (as accounts, records, etc. ) in a book.

Keepverb

To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store.

Keepverb

To supply with necessaries of life; to entertain; as, to keep boarders.

Keepverb

To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc.

Keepverb

To have habitually in stock for sale.

Keepverb

To continue in, as a course or mode of action; not to intermit or fall from; to hold to; to maintain; as, to keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession.

Keepverb

To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate; to practice or perform, as duty; not to neglect; to be faithful to.

Keepverb

To confine one's self to; not to quit; to remain in; as, to keep one's house, room, bed, etc.; hence, to haunt; to frequent.

Keepverb

To observe duly, as a festival, etc.; to celebrate; to solemnize; as, to keep a feast.

Keepverb

To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach.

Keepverb

To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired.

Keepverb

To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.

Keepverb

To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.

Keepverb

To be in session; as, school keeps to-day.

Keepnoun

The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.

Keepnoun

The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case; as, to be in good keep.

Keepnoun

The means or provisions by which one is kept; maintenance; support; as, the keep of a horse.

Keepnoun

That which keeps or protects; a stronghold; a fortress; a castle; specifically, the strongest and securest part of a castle, often used as a place of residence by the lord of the castle, especially during a siege; the dungeon. See Illust. of Castle.

Keepnoun

That which is kept in charge; a charge.

Keepnoun

A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place.

Keepnoun

the financial means whereby one lives;

Keepnoun

the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress

Keepnoun

a cell in a jail or prison

Keepverb

keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,

Keepverb

continue a certain state, condition, or activity;

Keepverb

retain possession of;

Keepverb

prevent from doing something or being in a certain state;

Keepverb

conform one's action or practice to;

Keepverb

observe correctly or closely;

Keepverb

look after; be the keeper of; have charge of;

Keepverb

maintain by writing regular records;

Keepverb

supply with room and board;

Keepverb

allow to remain in a place or position;

Keepverb

supply with necessities and support;

Keepverb

fail to spoil or rot;

Keepverb

celebrate, as of holidays or rites;

Keepverb

keep under control; keep in check;

Keepverb

maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger;

Keepverb

raise;

Keepverb

retain rights to;

Keepverb

store or keep customarily;

Keepverb

have as a supply;

Keepverb

maintain for use and service;

Keepverb

hold and prevent from leaving;

Keepverb

prevent (food) from rotting;

Keep

A keep (from the Middle English kype) is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word keep, but usually consider it to refer to large towers in castles that were fortified residences, used as a refuge of last resort should the rest of the castle fall to an adversary.

Savenoun

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

Savenoun

(baseball) When a relief pitcher comes into a game leading by 3 points (runs) or less, and his team wins while continually being ahead.

Savenoun

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.

Savenoun

(computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.

Savenoun

(RPG) A saving throw.

Saveverb

(transitive) To prevent harm or difficulty.

Saveverb

To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.

Saveverb

To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.

Saveverb

To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.

Saveverb

(theology) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.

Saveverb

(sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).

Saveverb

To put aside, to avoid.

Saveverb

(transitive) To store for future use.

Saveverb

(transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.

Saveverb

(transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.

Saveverb

To write a file to disk or other storage medium.

Saveverb

(intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.

Saveverb

To accumulate money or valuables.

Savepreposition

Except; with the exception of.

Saveconjunction

(dated) unless; except

Savenoun

The herb sage, or salvia.

Saveverb

To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames.

Saveverb

Specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life.

Saveverb

To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.

Saveverb

To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare.

Saveverb

To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.

Saveverb

To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.

Saveverb

To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.

Save

Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving.

Saveconjunction

Except; unless.

Savenoun

(sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring;

Saveverb

save from ruin, destruction, or harm

Saveverb

to keep up and reserve for personal or special use;

Saveverb

bring into safety;

Saveverb

spend less; buy at a reduced price

Saveverb

feather one's nest; have a nest egg;

Saveverb

make unnecessary an expenditure or effort;

Saveverb

save from sins

Saveverb

refrain from harming

Saveverb

spend sparingly, avoid the waste of;

Saveverb

retain rights to;