Guard vs. Gatekeeper — What's the Difference?

Watch over in order to protect or control

A gatekeeper is a person who controls access to something, for example via a city gate or bouncer, or more abstractly, controls who is granted access to a category or status. Gatekeepers assess who is "in or out," in the classic words of management scholar Kurt Lewin.Various figures in the religions and mythologies of the world serve as gatekeepers of paradisal or infernal realms, granting or denying access to these realms, depending on the credentials of those seeking entry.

Protect against damage or harm

One that is in charge of passage through a gate.

A person who keeps watch, especially a soldier or other person assigned to protect a person or to control access to a place

One who monitors or oversees the actions of others.

A device worn or fitted to prevent injury or damage

One who controls access to something, such as information or services

A defensive posture that is adopted in a boxing or martial arts contest or in a fight

A person or group who controls access to something or somebody.

An official who rides on and is in general charge of a train.

A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.

Each of two players either side of the centre.

A common orange and brown butterfly with eyespots, Pyronia tithonus, of the family Nymphalidae.

To watch over (a place or person, for example) in order to keep from being damaged, robbed, or injured

(psychology) In dissociative identity disorder, an aspect of the personality that controls access to the various identities.

To supervise the entry and exit through; keep watch at

One who gatekeeps.

To watch over so as to prevent escape or violence

Someone who controls access to something;

To keep from risk or curtailment; ensure the safety or integrity of

Someone who guards an entrance

(Sports) To keep (an opposing player) from scoring or playing effectively, usually by remaining close to the player to disrupt offensive play.

To maintain control over, as to prevent indiscretion

To furnish (a device or object) with a part that protects people from harm or injury.

(Archaic) To escort as a guard.

To take precautions

To serve as a guard.

A person who protects, keeps watch, or acts as a sentinel

The act or duty of guarding.

Protection; watch

Something that gives protection; a safeguard

An attachment or covering put on a machine to protect the operator or a part of the machine.

A device on a foil, sword, or knife that protects the hand.

A padded covering worn to protect a body part from injury

A small chain or band attached to a watch or bracelet to prevent loss.

A ring worn to prevent a more valuable ring from sliding off the finger.

An honor guard.

Chiefly British A railway employee in charge of a train.

(Football) One of the two offensive linemen on either side of the center.

(Basketball) Either of the two players normally positioned in the backcourt who are responsible for bringing the ball to and initiating offensive plays from the frontcourt.

(Sports) A defensive position or stance, as in boxing or fencing.

(Electronics) A signal that prevents accidental activation of a device or ambiguous interpretation of data.

A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.

(Ireland) A garda; a police officer.

(military) A squad responsible for protecting something.

The part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand.

A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.

A watchchain.

(Australia) A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.

(uncountable) A state of caution; posture of defence.

Something worn to protect part of the body, e.g. the shins in cricket.

(basketball) A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or centre.

(cricket) The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard.

(American football) Either of two offensive positions between the centre and each of the offensive tackles, whose main responsibilities are to protect the quarterback, and open up "holes" through which offensive players can run.

(martial arts) A ground grappling position in which one combatant has their back to the ground while attempting to control the other combatant using their legs.

(sports) A player playing a position named guard.

(rail) An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train.

A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue.

(aviation) The aircraft emergency frequency, a radio frequency reserved for emergency communications, typically 121.5MHz for civilian use.

To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.

To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.

To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or position of defense or safety.

To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.

To fasten by binding; to gird.

To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by attendance; to accompany for protection; to care for.

To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.

To protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.

To fasten by binding; to gird.

To watch by way of caution or defense; to be cautious; to be in a state or position of defense or safety; as, careful persons guard against mistakes.

One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack; defense; protection.

A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position; a watch; a sentinel.

One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train; a conductor.

Any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss

A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber exercise.

An expression or admission intended to secure against objections or censure.

Watch; heed; care; attention; as, to keep guard.

The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites.

A person who keeps watch over something or someone

The person who plays that position on a football team;

A device designed to prevent injury

A posture of defence in boxing or fencing;

The person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team

A group of men who escort and protect some important person

A precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.;

The duty of serving as a sentry;

A position on the line of scrimmage;

A position on a basketball team

To keep watch over;

Watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect;

Protect against a challenge or attack;

Take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence;