What's the difference between harm and save?

Harm


Definition:

  • (n.) Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.
  • (n.) That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
  • (n.) To hurt; to injure; to damage; to wrong.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Chapman and the other "illegals" – sleeper agents without diplomatic cover – seem to have done little to harm American national security.
  • (2) Bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS), which are important components of the cell wall of gram-negative bacteria, induce a number of host responses both beneficial and harmful.
  • (3) Robert Francis QC's official report in February on the Mid Staffordshire care scandal, in which an estimated 400 to 1,200 patients died unnecessarily at Stafford hospital between 2005 and 2008, called for the NHS to make "zero harm" its objective.
  • (4) I realise now that the drug is far less harmful then I believed at the time.
  • (5) Irrespective of method, the suicide attempt was predominantly a psychotic act of young single people with chronic, severe disorders and considerable past parasuicide, in a setting of escalating self-harm.
  • (6) Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, People's Liberation Army's chief of the general staff Gen Fang Fenghui also warned that the US must be objective about tensions between China and Vietnam or risk harming relations between Washington and Beijing.
  • (7) Jails and prison populations are unique in the incidence of deliberate self-harm, but the phenomenon is not well understood.
  • (8) It’s been widely reported that black people are disproportionately harmed by the mortgage market.
  • (9) Repeat patients were more likely to threaten to harm others, have a diagnosis of adjustment disorder, conduct or oppositional disorder and be under the care of a child welfare agency.
  • (10) Considerations of different ways of obtaining informed consent, determining ways of minimizing harm, and justifications for violating the therapeutic obligation are discussed but found unsatisfactory in many respects.
  • (11) Judge John Burgess told the men that their intention was “to do great harm in a peaceful community”.
  • (12) Lack of transparency about the nature of the relationship between police and media also led to speculation and perceptions, whatever the facts, that caused "serious harm".
  • (13) The problem of the achondroplast arises when his surroundings, right from the start, reject his disorder, connoting it with destructive anxiety: this seriously harms the subject's physical image, making him an outcast.
  • (14) Religious efforts to address the issue have also been complicit in absolving men of their crimes, objectifying women and doing more harm than good with campaigns that blame women for the phenomenon.
  • (15) Both the observance of occupational limit-values for dusts and other harmful materials at the work place, which have effects on the respiration system, and the medical survey of workers with the use of special methods for examination of respiratory system are necessary.
  • (16) Changes in the fitness of harmful mutations may therefore impose a greater long-term disadvantage on asexual populations than those which are sexual.
  • (17) The possibility of being liable if an incompetent student becomes registered and causes harm is also discussed.
  • (18) Butler was convicted of grevious bodily harm and child cruelty, and sentenced to prison.
  • (19) Was the Dalkon Shield so harmful in the nulliparous woman?
  • (20) Education can increase compliance and sometimes modify harmful behavior.

Save


Definition:

  • (n.) The herb sage, or salvia.
  • (a.) To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames.
  • (a.) Specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life.
  • (a.) To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.
  • (a.) To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare.
  • (a.) To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.
  • (a.) To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.
  • (v. i.) To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.
  • (a.) Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving.
  • (conj.) Except; unless.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Former Regional director for Latin American Caribbean and Middle East, Save the Children.
  • (2) There is precedent in Islamic law for saving the life of the mother where there is a clear choice of allowing either the fetus or the mother to survive.
  • (3) There was a 35% decrease in the number of patients seeking emergency treatment and one study put the savings in economic and social costs at just under £7m a year .
  • (4) But the Franco-British spat sparked by Dave's rejection of Angela and Nicolas's cunning plan to save the euro has been given wings by news the US credit agencies may soon strip France of its triple-A rating and is coming along very nicely, thank you. "
  • (5) As calls grew to establish why nobody stepped in to save Daniel, it was also revealed that the boy's headteacher – who saw him scavenging for scraps – has not been disciplined and has been put in charge of a bigger school.
  • (6) It’s not to punish the public, it’s to save the NHS and its people.” Another commenter added: “Of course they should strike.
  • (7) The Italian coastguard ship Bruno Gregoracci docked in Malta at about 8am and dropped off two dozen bodies recovered from this weekend’s wreck, including children, according to Save the Children.
  • (8) Leaders of Tory local government are preparing radical proposals for minimum 10% cuts in public spending in the search for savings.
  • (9) Johnson said the move would save businesses £350m from not having to meet the more exacting standards, which will now only have to be met by buses.
  • (10) We believe our proposal will save taxpayers about £4m and reduce by about 11,000 the number of legally aided cases brought by prisoners each year.
  • (11) Thus, it is obvious that new measures will have to be taken if lives are to be saved in future events of this nature.
  • (12) While there has been almost no political reform during their terms of office, there have been several ambitious steps forward in terms of environmental policy: anti-desertification campaigns; tree planting; an environmental transparency law; adoption of carbon targets; eco-services compensation; eco accounting; caps on water; lower economic growth targets; the 12th Five-Year Plan; debate and increased monitoring of PM2.5 [fine particulate matter] and huge investments in eco-cities, "clean car" manufacturing, public transport, energy-saving devices and renewable technology.
  • (13) Considerations on costs and benefits demonstrate that the treatment of severely injured patients, who otherwise would die, results in a considerable social and economic saving (approximately 90 million Swiss francs for the 316 trauma patients analyzed).
  • (14) As part of the shake-up, the rule that says only half can be saved in cash is being abolished.
  • (15) Patients treated with ciprofloxacin may need added coverage for anaerobes, but the drug's excellent activity against nosocomial pathogens and its availability in oral form allow for an early change to oral therapy without compromising effectiveness coupled with added savings and convenience.
  • (16) Given the financial crisis this government inherited, we had no choice but to make significant savings.
  • (17) To comply with these rules, interest is not paid on Islamic savings or current accounts, or charged on Islamic mortgages.
  • (18) Essaid Belkalem is live to the danger and saves his side's bacon.
  • (19) In the lowest prevalence scenario (0.02 initial prevalence), initiation of the program resulted in a projected savings of 2.3 life years per HIV-negative drug user, compared with 1.7 and 1.3 years under medium (0.25) and high (0.60) prevalence, respectively.
  • (20) He denied that the probation service budget, which has been protected so far from 23% cuts, would be a particular target, but said it was not yet making the same level of savings as was being required of the police.