different between derive vs salvage

English

Etymology

From Middle English deriven, from Old French deriver, from Latin d?r?v? (“to lead, turn, or draw off (a liquid), draw off, derive”), from d? (“away”) + r?vus (“a stream”); see rival.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???a?v/

Verb

derive (third-person singular simple present derives, present participle deriving, simple past and past participle derived)

1. (transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
2. (transitive, logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.
3. (transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).
4. (transitive, chemistry) To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.
5. (intransitive) To originate or stem (from).

6. To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.
   • Book 33

     For fear it [water] choke up the pits […] they [the workman] deriue it by other drains.

Derived terms

• derivation
• derivative

Translations

Further reading

• derive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• derive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• drivee, reived, revied, rieved

Asturian

Verb

derive

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of derivar

Italian

Noun

derive f pl

1. plural of deriva

Anagrams

• rideve
• rivede
• vedrei

Portuguese

Verb

derive

1. inflection of derivar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

derive

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of derivar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of derivar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of derivar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of derivar.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sælv?d?/

Etymology 1

From Old French salver (see also save, from a variant form), from Late Latin salvare (“to make safe, secure, save”), from Latin salvus (“safe”) with the English suffix -age.

Noun

salvage (countable and uncountable, plural salvages)

1. The rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
2. The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
3. The compensation paid to the rescuers.
4. The money from the sale of rescued goods.
5. The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
6. (sometimes attributive) Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.

Translations

Verb

salvage (third-person singular simple present salvages, present participle salvaging, simple past and past participle salvaged)

1. (transitive, of property, people or situations at risk) to rescue.
2. (transitive, of discarded goods) to put to use.
3. (transitive) To make new or restore for the use of being saved.

Translations

Derived terms

• salvageability
• salvageable
• salvager

Related terms

• salvation

Etymology 2

Alternative forms.

Noun

salvage (plural salvages)

1. Obsolete spelling of savage [16th-19th c.]

Etymology 3

From Spanish salvaje, from Catalan salvatge, from Late Latin *salv?ticus, alteration of Latin silv?ticus (““wild"; literally, "of the woods"”), from silva (“forest", "grove”). Confused false friends; English salvage and Tagalog salbahe (“mischievous, naughty”).

Noun

salvage (plural salvages)

1. (Philippine English) summary execution, extrajudicial killing

Verb

salvage (third-person singular simple present salvages, present participle salvaging, simple past and past participle salvaged)

1. (Philippine English) To perform summary execution.
2. (Philippine English) To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.

References

Further reading

• salvage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• salvage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• salvage at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• lavages

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English salvage.

Noun

salvage

1. summary execution, extrajudicial killing

Verb

salvage

1. To perform summary execution.

Middle English

Noun

salvage

1. Alternative form of savage

Old French

Adjective

salvage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular salvage)

1. Alternative form of sauvage

Declension

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English salvage.

Noun

salvage

1. summary execution, extrajudicial killing

Verb

salvage

1. To perform summary execution.