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Safety vs. Security
Safety
/ˈseɪfti/Examples:
'Bomb-fusing master safeties on.He must – and yet the safety of these woods, too.I was terrified for her safety!
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Security
/sɪˈkjʊərəti/Examples:
The securities are not here.In that relative security he began to think about physics again.This is a maximum security area.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Safety refers to the condition of being safe, free from danger or risk of harm.
- Security involves measures taken to ensure safety or protection against a range of threats and dangers.
- Safety is usually concerned with accidental hazards, while security is concerned with deliberate threats.
- Think of safety when you’re dealing with protection against an unforeseeable, unintentional hazard.
- Consider security when facing threats from deliberate actions or attacks against something valuable.
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