Protect vs. Cover

Protectverb

(ambitransitive) To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.

Protectverb

To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.

Protectverb

To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children.

Protectverb

shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage;

Protectverb

use tariffs to favor domestic industry

Covernoun

A lid.

Covernoun

(uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.

Covernoun

The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.

Covernoun

The top sheet of a bed.

Covernoun

A cloth, usually fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa to protect it from dust, rain, etc. when not in use.

Covernoun

A cover charge.

Covernoun

A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.

Covernoun

(music) A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.

Covernoun

(cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.

Covernoun

(topology) A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.

Covernoun

(philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.

Covernoun

(military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.

Covernoun

(legal) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for.

Covernoun

(insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.

Covernoun

(espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.

Covernoun

(dated) A swindler's confederate.

Covernoun

The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.

Covernoun

In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.

Covernoun

(construction) The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.

Coveradjective

Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.

Coveradjective

(music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.

Coververb

(transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.

Coververb

(transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.

Coververb

(transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.

Coververb

(transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.

Coververb

To put on one's hat.

Coververb

(transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).

Coververb

(of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.

Coververb

To deal with or include someone or something.

Coververb

To be enough money for.

Coververb

(intransitive) To act as a replacement.

Coververb

(transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.

Coververb

(music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).

Coververb

To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.

Coververb

To provide insurance coverage for.

Coververb

To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).

Coververb

To protect or control (a piece or square).

Coververb

To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.

Coververb

(sports) To defend a particular player or area.

Coververb

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

Coververb

To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak.

Coververb

To invest (one's self with something); to bring upon (one's self); as, he covered himself with glory.

Coververb

To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; as, the enemy were covered from our sight by the woods.

Coververb

To brood or sit on; to incubate.

Coververb

To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend; as, the cavalry covered the retreat.

Coververb

To remove from remembrance; to put away; to remit.

Coververb

To extend over; to be sufficient for; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as, a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it; a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses.

Coververb

To put the usual covering or headdress on.

Coververb

To copulate with (a female); to serve; as, a horse covers a mare; - said of the male.

Coververb

To spread a table for a meal; to prepare a banquet.

Covernoun

Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing; an envelope; a lid; as, the cover of a book.

Covernoun

Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak.

Covernoun

Shelter; protection; as, the troops fought under cover of the batteries; the woods afforded a good cover.

Covernoun

The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover.

Covernoun

The lap of a slide valve.

Covernoun

A tablecloth, and the other table furniture; esp., the table furniture for the use of one person at a meal; as, covers were laid for fifty guests.

Covernoun

a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something;

Covernoun

bedding that keeps a person warm in bed;

Covernoun

the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it;

Covernoun

the front and back covering of a book;

Covernoun

a natural object that covers or envelops;

Covernoun

covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container);

Covernoun

fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations;

Covernoun

a fixed charge by a restaurant or night club over and above the charge for food and drink

Covernoun

a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else;

Covernoun

a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent);

Coververb

provide with a covering or cause to be covered;

Coververb

form a cover over;

Coververb

span an interval of distance, space or time;

Coververb

provide for;

Coververb

deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression;

Coververb

include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory;

Coververb

travel across or pass over;

Coververb

be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism;

Coververb

hold within range of an aimed firearm

Coververb

to take an action to protect against future problems;

Coververb

hide from view or knowledge;

Coververb

protect or defend (a position in a game);

Coververb

maintain a check on; especially by patrolling;

Coververb

protect by insurance;

Coververb

make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities;

Coververb

invest with a large or excessive amount of something;

Coververb

help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities;

Coververb

be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of;

Coververb

spread over a surface to conceal or protect;

Coververb

cover as if with a shroud;

Coververb

copulate with a female, used especially of horses;

Coververb

put something on top of something else;

Coververb

play a higher card than the one previously played;

Coververb

be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game

Coververb

sit on (eggs);

Coververb

clothe, as if for protection from the elements;