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Insure vs. Ensure · distinguish their meanings and uses

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Your new ahaInsure relates specifically to financial protection while ensure means to make certain

Insure covers financial protection and ensure means to guarantee, though usage sometimes blurs the two. Source: Wiktionary: insure ↗

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