Preserve vs. Save

Preservenoun

A sweet spread made of any of a variety of berries.

Preservenoun

A reservation, a nature preserve.

Preservenoun

An activity with restricted access.

Preserveverb

To protect; to keep from harm or injury.

Preserveverb

To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage.

Preserveverb

To maintain throughout; to keep intact.

Preserveverb

To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

Preserveverb

To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, as sugar, salt, etc.; to season and prepare for remaining in a good state, as fruits, meat, etc.; as, to preserve peaches or grapes.

Preserveverb

To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence.

Preserveverb

To make preserves.

Preserveverb

To protect game for purposes of sport.

Preservenoun

That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; - commonly in the plural.

Preservenoun

A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food.

Preservenoun

a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone;

Preservenoun

a reservation where animals are protected

Preservenoun

fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

Preserveverb

keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last;

Preserveverb

keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction;

Preserveverb

to keep up and reserve for personal or special use;

Preserveverb

prevent (food) from rotting;

Preserveverb

maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger;

Preserveverb

keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing;

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;