Protect vs. Shield

Protect vs. Shield — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Protect and Shield

Protectverb

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

to protect a child from dangerThis antivirus package will protect your computer from hackers.Condoms are designed to protect against sexually-transmitted diseases.

Shieldnoun

Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.

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.

Shieldnoun

A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.

Protectverb

shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage;

Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain

Shieldnoun

(figurative) One who protects or defends.

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Protectverb

use tariffs to favor domestic industry

Shieldnoun

(lichenology) In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.

Shieldnoun

(mining) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.

Shieldnoun

(science fiction) A field of energy that protects or defends.

Shieldnoun

A shape like that of a shield; usually, an inverted triangle with sides that curve inward to form a pointed bottom, commonly used for police identifications and company logos.

Shieldnoun

(heraldry) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.

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Shieldnoun

A toilet seat.

Shieldnoun

A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.

Shieldnoun

(obsolete) A coin, the old French crown, or écu, having on one side the figure of a shield.

Shieldnoun

(transport) A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.

Shieldnoun

A police badge.

Shieldnoun

(geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.

Shieldnoun

(geology) A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.

Shieldnoun

A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.

Shieldverb

To protect, to defend.

Shieldverb

(electricity) to protect from the influence of

Shieldnoun

a protective covering or structure

Shieldnoun

armor carried on the arm to intercept blows

Shieldverb

protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm

Shieldverb

hold back a thought or feeling about;

She is harboring a grudge against him