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Preserve vs Conserve - What's the difference?

preserve | conserve |

Conserve is a synonym of preserve.



As nouns the difference between preserve and conserve

is that preserve is a sweet spread made of any of a variety of berries while conserve is wilderness where human development is prohibited.

As verbs the difference between preserve and conserve

is that preserve is to protect; to keep from harm or injury while conserve is to save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.

preserve

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

  • A sweet spread made of any of a variety of berries.
  • A reservation, a nature preserve.
  • *1881 , :
  • *:Suppose Shakespeare had been knocked on the head some dark night in preserves , the world would have wagged on better or worse, the pitcher gone to the well, the scythe to the corn, and the student to his book; and no one been any the wiser of the loss.
  • An activity with restricted access.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= T time , passage=The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.}}

    Usage notes

    More often used in the plural, as strawberry preserves'', but the form without the ''-s can also be used as the plural form, or to refer to a single type.

    Synonyms

    * jam * jelly * marmalade

    See also

    * preserver

    Verb

    (preserv)
  • To protect; to keep from harm or injury.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Now, good angels preserve the king.
  • * (Yuri Gagarin)
  • Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it.
  • To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage.
  • to preserve peaches or grapes
  • To maintain throughout; to keep intact.
  • to preserve''' appearances; to '''preserve silence

    Anagrams

    * perverse ----

    conserve

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Wilderness where human development is prohibited.
  • A jam or thick syrup made from fruit.
  • * Tatler
  • I shall study broths, plasters, and conserves , till from a fine lady I become a notable woman.
  • (obsolete) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar.
  • (obsolete) A conservatory.
  • (Evelyn)

    Verb

    (conserv)
  • To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.
  • to conserve fruits with sugar
  • * Strype
  • the amity which they meant to conserve and maintain with the emperor
  • To protect an environment.
  • (physics, chemistry, intransitive) To remain unchanged during a process
  • Derived terms

    * conservation * conservative * conservatory

    Anagrams

    * * English heteronyms ----