different between asylum vs security

English

Etymology

From Latin asylum, from Ancient Greek ?????? (ásulon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??sa?l?m/

Noun

asylum (plural asylums or asyla)

1. A place of safety.
2. The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place.
3. (dated) A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.

Synonyms

• sanctuary
• shelter

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• refugee

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (ásulon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?sy?.lum/, [ä?s?y??????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?si.lum/, [??s?i?lum]

Noun

as?lum n (genitive as?l?); second declension

1. asylum (place of refuge), sanctuary

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

References

• asylum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• asylum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• asylum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• asylum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• asylum in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) , Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
• asylum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Alternative forms

• secuerity (mostly obsolete)

Etymology

secure +? -ity, from Middle English securite, from Middle French securité (modern sécurité), from Latin s?c?rit?s, from Latin s?c?rus (“safe, secure”), from se- (“without”) +? cura (“care”); see cure. Similar to Latin sine cura (“without care, carefree”), which led to English sinecure. Doublet of surety.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??kj????ti/, /s??kj????ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /s??kj??.??ti/, [s??kj??.???i], /s??kj??.??ti/, [s??kj??.???i]

Noun

security (countable and uncountable, plural securities)

1. (uncountable) The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially.
2. (countable) Something that secures.
3. An organization or department responsible for providing security by enforcing laws, rules, and regulations as well as maintaining order.
4. (law) Something that secures the fulfillment of an obligation or law.
5. (law) Freedom from apprehension.
7. (finance, often used in plural) A tradeable financial asset, such as a share of stock.^W
8. (finance) Proof of ownership of stocks, bonds or other investment instruments.
9. (finance) Property etc. temporarily relinquished to guarantee repayment of a loan.
10. A guarantee.
11. (obsolete) Carelessness; negligence.

Synonyms

• (condition of not being threatened): safety
• (something that secures): protection
• (something that secures the fulfillment of an obligation): guarantee, surety
• See also Thesaurus:security

Antonyms

• insecurity (condition of being threatened)

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ?????? (sekyuriti)

Translations

References

• security at OneLook Dictionary Search
• security in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• security in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• security on Wikipedia.Wikipedia