Save vs. Safe

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;

Safeadjective

Not in danger; out of harm's reach.

Safeadjective

Free from risk; harmless, riskless.

Safeadjective

Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.

Safeadjective

(baseball) When a batter successfully reaches first base, or when a baserunner successfully advances to the next base or returns to the base he last occupied; not out.

Safeadjective

Properly secured; secure.

Safeadjective

Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.

Safeadjective

Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation.

Safeadjective

(slang) Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going.

Safeadjective

Reliable; trusty.

Safeadjective

Cautious.

Safenoun

A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.

Safenoun

(slang) A condom.

Safenoun

(dated) A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.

Safenoun

A safety bicycle.

Safeverb

(transitive) To make something safe.

Safeadjective

Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; safe from storms; safe from foes.

Safeadjective

Conferring safety; securing from harm; not exposing to danger; confining securely; to be relied upon; not dangerous; as, a safe harbor; a safe bridge, etc.

Safeadjective

Incapable of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure care or custody; as, the prisoner is safe.

Safenoun

A place for keeping things in safety.

Safeverb

To render safe; to make right.

Safenoun

strongbox where valuables can be kept safe

Safenoun

a ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests

Safenoun

contraceptive device consisting of a thin rubber or latex sheath worn over the penis during intercourse

Safeadjective

free from danger or the risk of harm;

Safeadjective

of an undertaking

Safeadjective

having reached a base without being put out;

Safeadjective

financially sound;

Safeadjective

in safekeeping;

Safe

A safe (also called a strongbox or coffer) is a secure lockable box used for securing valuable objects against theft and/or damage from fire. A safe is usually a hollow cuboid or cylinder, with one face being removable or hinged to form a door.