Protected
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: defended. Having the protected access modifier, indicating that a program element is accessible to subclasses but not to the program in general.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
Example sentence: What is a fish without a river? What is a bird without a tree to nest in? What is an Endangered Species Act without any enforcement mechanism to ensure their habitat is protected? It is nothing.
Preserved
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To protect; to keep from harm or injury.
Example sentence: Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they furnish us; and they must be preserved free of corruption from an early age.