When "protected" is an adjective, it describes the thing under protection: "A national park is protected land" means that the government protects the park land. This meaning of "protected" usually refers to legal protection. "Protective" is an adjective that describes the one doing the protecting: "I have protective parents" means that my parents try hard to protect me. "This photo has a protective frame" means that the frame protects the photo. I hope that helps!

Protected is used for the person receiving protection. Protective is used for a person who is offering protection

Protected is passive which means someone or something is not allowed to be damaged. Protective means to provide protection.

The word protective is like your behaviour or actions, for example. The German Shepherd dog hunter was very protective of his owner when they were going for a morning walk through the forest.

Protected is in the past tense of the word protect. For example “Stephan protected his brother Sean from getting struck by a cricket ball which was flying in his direction.