Definitions and Examples of protect, guard
Learn when and how to use these words with these examples!
To keep someone or something safe from harm, danger, or damage.
Example
It's important to protect your skin from the sun's harmful rays by wearing sunscreen.
To watch over and protect someone or something from harm, danger, or damage.
Example
The security guard was hired to guard the museum's valuable artifacts.
Key Differences: protect vs guard
- 1Protect implies taking measures to prevent harm or damage from occurring.
- 2Guard implies actively watching over and protecting someone or something from harm or danger.
Effective Usage of protect, guard
- 1Safety Measures: Use protect and guard to describe safety measures taken to prevent harm or damage.
- 2Security: Use guard to describe the act of watching over and protecting someone or something from harm or danger.
- 3Sports: Use batter in sports contexts such as baseball, where it refers to the player who hits the ball, and use protect and guard to describe defensive plays.
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Remember this!
The antonyms of batter are protect and guard. Use protect to describe measures taken to prevent harm or damage and guard to describe actively watching over and protecting someone or something from harm or danger. Use batter in sports contexts and protect and guard to describe safety measures and security.
