Releasing vs. Save — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Releasing and Save
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Definitions
Releasing
To set free from confinement or bondage
Released the prisoner.
Save
To rescue from harm, danger, or loss
The lifeguard saved the struggling swimmer.
Releasing
To set free from physical restraint or binding; let go
Released the balloons.
Released the brake.
Save
To prevent from dying
The doctors saved the patient.
Releasing
To cause or allow to move away or spread from a source or place of confinement
Cells that release histamine.
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Save
To set free from the consequences of sin; redeem
Prayed to save his soul.
Releasing
To make available for use
Released the funds for the project.
Save
To keep in a safe or healthy condition
God save King Richard!.
Releasing
To set free from obligations, commitments, or debt
Released them from their contract.
Save
To hold back for future use
Saved his best song for the encore.
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Releasing
To relieve of care or suffering
Only death could release him from suffering.
Save
To avoid spending (money) so as to keep or accumulate it.
Releasing
To issue for performance, sale, publication, or distribution
Release a new movie.
Save
To avoid spending (money or time) in an amount less than what circumstances normally require
Saved $25 at the sale.
Saved 15 minutes by taking a shortcut.
Releasing
To make known or available
Released the new study on the drug.
Save
To prevent the waste or loss of; conserve
Bought an efficient device that saves electricity.
Releasing
(Law) To surrender (a right, claim, or title).
Save
To treat with care by avoiding fatigue, wear, or damage; spare
Wore sunglasses to save his eyesight.
Releasing
Deliverance or liberation, as from confinement.
Save
To make unnecessary; obviate
By carrying two bags you can save an extra trip.
Releasing
Discharge from an obligation or commitment.
Save
To spare (someone) from having to do something.
Releasing
Relief from suffering or care.
Save
(Sports) To prevent (a goal) from being scored by blocking a shot. Used of a goalie.
Releasing
An unfastening or letting go, as of something caught or held fast.
Save
To prevent an opponent from scoring (a point).
Releasing
(Sports) The action of throwing a ball or propelling a puck
A quarterback with a quick release.
Save
To preserve a victory in (a game).
Releasing
(Linguistics) The movement of a vocal organ or organs so as to end the closure of a stop consonant.
Save
(Baseball) To preserve (another pitcher's win) by protecting one's team's lead during a stint of relief pitching.
Releasing
A device or catch for locking or releasing a mechanism.
Save
(Computers) To copy (a file) from a computer's main memory to a disk or other storage medium.
Releasing
The act or an instance of issuing something for publication, use, or distribution.
Save
To avoid waste or expense; economize.
Releasing
Something thus issued
A new release of a software program.
Save
To accumulate money
Saving for a vacation.
Releasing
The condition of being available, in use, or in publication
A movie in wide release.
Save
To preserve a person or thing from harm or loss.
Releasing
The surrender of a right, title, or claim, especially to one against whom the right, title, or claim would be enforced or exercised.
Save
(Sports) An act that prevents a ball or puck from entering a goal.
Releasing
The document attesting to such surrender.
Save
(Baseball) A preservation by a relief pitcher of another pitcher's win.
Releasing
Present participle of release
Save
With the exception of; except
"No man enjoys self-reproach save a masochist" (Philip Wylie).
Releasing
The act by which something is released.
Save
Were it not; except
The house would be finished by now, save that we had difficulty contracting a roofer.
Releasing
Emotionally purging (of e.g. art)
Save
Unless.
Save
(transitive) To prevent harm or difficulty.
Save
To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
She was saved from drowning by a passer-by.
We were able to save a few of our possessions from the house fire.
Save
To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
Save
To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
Save
(Christianity) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
Jesus Christ came to save sinners.
Save
(sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
Save
(baseball) To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
Save
To put aside, to avoid.
Save
(transitive) To store for future use.
Let's save the packaging in case we need to send the product back.
Save
(transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
Save electricity by turning off the lights when you leave the room.
Save
(transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.
Save
To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
Where did I save that document? I can't find it on the desktop.
Save
(intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.
Save
To accumulate money or valuables.
Save
To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
She told me she's saving herself for marriage.
Save
An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
Save
In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
The goaltender made a great save.
Save
(baseball) A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
Jones retired seven to earn the save.
Save
A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
The giant wrestler continued to beat down his smaller opponent, until several wrestlers ran in for the save.
Save
(informal) An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
Nice save.
Save
(computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
If you're hit by a power cut, you'll lose all of your changes since your last save.
The game console can store up to eight saves on a single cartridge.
Save
(RPG) A saving throw.
Save
Except; with the exception of.
Save
Unless; except
Save
The herb sage, or salvia.
Save
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.
God save all this fair company.
He cried, saying, Lord, save me.
Thou hast . . . quitted all to saveA world from utter loss.
Save
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.
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.
Save
To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.
Now save a nation, and now save a groat.
Save
To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare.
I'll save youThat labor, sir. All's now done.
Save
To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.
Will you not speak to save a lady's blush?
Save
To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.
Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of merit.
Save
To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.
Brass ordnance saveth in the quantity of the material.
Save
Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving.
Five times received I forty stripes save one.
Save
Except; unless.
Save
(sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring;
The goalie made a brilliant save
The relief pitcher got credit for a save
Save
Save from ruin, destruction, or harm
Save
To keep up and reserve for personal or special use;
She saved the old family photographs in a drawer
Save
Bring into safety;
We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack
Save
Spend less; buy at a reduced price
Save
Feather one's nest; have a nest egg;
He saves half his salary
Save
Make unnecessary an expenditure or effort;
This will save money
I'll save you the trouble
This will save you a lot of time
Save
Save from sins
Save
Refrain from harming
Save
Spend sparingly, avoid the waste of;
This move will save money
The less fortunate will have to economize now
Save
Retain rights to;
Keep my job for me while I give birth
Keep my seat, please
Keep open the possibility of a merger