Safty vs. Safety: What's the Difference?

Safty is an incorrect spelling of Safety.

The state of being free from danger or harm.

Measures taken to prevent accidents or injuries.

A secure and safe environment.

A condition ensuring protection.

Freedom from risk or threat.

The condition of being safe; freedom from danger, risk, or injury.

A device designed to prevent accidents, as a lock on a firearm preventing accidental firing.

A play in which a member of the offensive team downs the ball or is tackled or forced out of bounds behind his own goal line, resulting in two points for the defensive team.

Either of two defensive backs normally positioned behind the linebackers in the middle of the backfield.

The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.

(mechanics) A mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental firing.

(American football) An instance of a player being sacked or tackled in the end zone, or stepping out of the end zone and off the field, resulting in two points to the opposite team.

(American football) Any of the defensive players who are in position furthest from the line of scrimmage and whose responsibility is to defend against passes as well as to be the tacklers of last resort.

(baseball) A safety squeeze.

Preservation from escape; close custody.

(dated) A safety bicycle.

(transitive) To secure (a mechanical component, as in aviation) to keep it from becoming detached even under vibration.

To secure a firing pin, as in guns, to keep the gun from firing

The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.

Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc.

Preservation from escape; close custody.

The act or result of a ball-carrier on the offensive team being tackled behind his own goal line, or the downing of a ball behind the offensive team's own goal line when it had been carried or propelled behind that goal line by a player on the offensive tream; such a play causes a score of two points to be awarded to the defensive team; - it is distinguished from touchback, when the ball is downed behind the goal after being propelled there or last touched by a player of the defending team. See Touchdown. Same as Safety touchdown, below.

Short for Safety bicycle.

A switch on a firearm that locks the trigger and prevents the firearm from being discharged unintentionally; - also called safety catch, safety lock, or lock.

The state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions;

A safe place;

A device designed to prevent injury

(baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely

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

A score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line