Protect vs. Shield

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.

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.