different between preservation vs assistance

English

Etymology

From Old French preservacion, from Medieval Latin preservatio.Morphologically preserve +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /p??.z??ve?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

preservation (countable and uncountable, plural preservations)

1. The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.

   • Nature does not require
     Her times of preservation, which, perforce
     I give my tendence to

   • The eyes of the Lord are upon them that love him, his is ther mighty protection, a preservation from stumbling, and a help from falling.

   • c. 1600, Sir John Davies, The Original, Nature, and Immortality of the Soul

     Every seneseless thing by nature's light
     Doth preservation seek, destruction shun

   • , Book II, Chapter XXI

     our all-wise Maker, suitably to our constitution and frame, and knowing what it is that determines the will, has put into man the uneasiness of hunger and thirst, and other natural desires, that return at their seasons, to move and determine their wills, for the preservation of themselves, and the continuation of their species

Translations

Anagrams

• varentropies

English

Alternative forms

• assistaunce

Etymology

From Middle English assistance, from Middle French assistance, from Medieval Latin assistentia, from Latin assist? (“I stand at”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??s?s.t?ns/

Noun

assistance (usually uncountable, plural assistances)

1. Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.

Derived terms

• public assistance

Translations

French

Etymology

From Late Latin assistentia.

Noun

assistance f (plural assistances)

1. assistance
2. audience

Derived terms

• assistance publique

Related terms

• assistant

Further reading

• “assistance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).