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What’s the difference between guard and guardian? Can they be used interchangeably?
Nov 13, 2022 9:09 PM
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No, they are not interchangeable.
A guardian is someone who protects someone or something in a more abstract or moral way than a guard, who protects something physically.
So a legal guardian can be someone who looks after a child in the place of a parent. A religious figure might be described as a guardian of their faith.
A guard could operate in the context of a prison or a castle.
A guard could also be an object, like a mouth guard.
November 13, 2022
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The word guard can actually be used as a noun or a verb. If it is used as a noun, guard means someone who protects if it is used as a verb it means to protect. On the other hand, guardian is a noun which means "someone who is legally responsible for a person."
November 14, 2022
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