different between security vs refuge

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

English

Etymology

From Old French refuge, from Latin refugium, from re- + fugi? (“flee”). Doublet of refugium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???fju?d?/

Noun

refuge (countable and uncountable, plural refuges)

1. A state of safety, protection or shelter.
2. A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
3. Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
4. An expedient to secure protection or defence.
5. A refuge island.

Synonyms

• haven
• sanctuary
• zoar

Derived terms

• refugee
• refugium
• refugitive

Translations

Verb

refuge (third-person singular simple present refuges, present participle refuging, simple past and past participle refuged)

1. (intransitive) To return to a place of shelter.
   • 2011, Michael D. Gumert, Agustín Fuentes, Lisa Jones-Engel, Monkeys on the Edge

     Among these macaques, although activity cycles are quite variable from location to location, refuging is a common characteristic.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To shelter; to protect.

Translations

Anagrams

• Fugere

French

Etymology

From Latin refugium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.fy?/

Noun

refuge m (plural refuges)

1. refuge

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

refuge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of refugi?

Old French

Alternative forms

• reffuge
• refiuge
• refuje

Etymology

From Latin refugium.

Noun

refuge m (oblique plural refuges, nominative singular refuges, nominative plural refuge)

1. a refuge
2. (figuratively) a protector or savior

Descendants

• ? English: refuge
• French: refuge