Meaning: Recovery or preservation from loss or danger. Classified under: Nouns denoting acts or actions. Synonyms: deliverance; rescue; saving; delivery. Context examples: work is the deliverance of mankind / a surgeon's job is the saving of lives. Hypernyms (rescue is a kind of...): recovery; retrieval (the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of rescue): lifesaving (saving the lives of drowning persons) redemption; salvation ((Christianity) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil) reclamation; reformation (rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course)
The main difference between qualitative and quantitative methods is flexibility. As a whole, quantitative methods have relative inflexibility. Qualitative methods are usually more flexible, allowing more naturalness and acclimatization for the interaction and collaboration between the researcher and the participant.
In summary, the qualitative and quantitative approaches to research allow a different perspective of situations or phenomena. These two main approaches to research are highly informative, especially if used in combination.