better safe than sorry

[platinum]

What is the difference between "better safe than sorry" and "prevention is better than cure"?
Many thanks.

[Anglika]

Better safe than sorry This idiom is used to recommend being cautious rather than taking a risk.
Prevention is better than a cure Stop something before it occurs.

[platinum]

Originally Posted by Anglika

Better safe than sorry This idiom is used to recommend being cautious rather than taking a risk.
Prevention is better than a cure Stop something before it occurs.

Many thanks Anglika

[BobK]

Originally Posted by platinum

What is the difference between "better safe than sorry" and "prevention is better than cure"?
Many thanks.

BTW, the 'better X than Y' format is used in other idiomatic phrases:

Better red than dead [It's better to pretend to accept Communism than to die opposing it]

Better late than never [It's better for someone to arrive late than not to arrive at all]

....And it's a productive format for the coining of new phrases - so there isn't a "list" of such phrases - or if there is, it's already out of date!

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