Defense vs. Defensive — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Defense and Defensive
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Definitions
Defense
The act of defending against attack, danger, or injury.
Defensive
Intended or appropriate for defending; protective.
Defense
A means or method of defending or protecting.
Defensive
Intended to withstand or deter aggression or attack
A defensive weapons system.
Defensive behavior.
Defense
(Sports) The act or an instance of defending a championship against a challenger
Will box in his third defense of his title.
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Defensive
Of or relating to the effort to prevent an opponent from gaining points in a game or athletic contest.
Defense
An argument in support or justification of something.
Defensive
Performed so as to avoid risk, danger, or legal liability
Defensive driving.
Defensive medicine.
Defense
The act of defending a case.
Defensive
Of or relating to defense.
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Defense
A fact or law that provides a full or partial exoneration of the defendant against the charges or claims made in a lawsuit or prosecution.
Defensive
(Psychology) Constantly protecting oneself from criticism, exposure of one's shortcomings, or other real or perceived threats to the ego.
Defense
The defendant and the defendant's legal counsel.
Defensive
A means of defense.
Defense
The science or art of defending oneself; self-defense.
Defensive
An attitude or position of defense.
Defense
The means or tactics used in trying to stop the opposition from scoring.
Defensive
Intended for defence; protective.
A defensive perimeter
Defense
The team or those players on the team attempting to stop the opposition from scoring.
Defensive
Intended to deter attack.
A defensive missile system
Defense
Defending ability or potential.
Defensive
Performed so as to minimise risk.
Defensive driving
Defense
The provision of personnel and resources for military purposes
Proposed spending more on defense.
Defensive
Displaying an inordinate sensitivity to criticism or intrusion; oversensitive; thin-skinned.
Defense
To attempt to stop (the opposition) from scoring.
Defensive
(cricket) Of a bowling or fielding tactic designed to prevent the other side from scoring runs; of a batting tactic designed to prevent being out.
Defense
To play defense against (an opponent or play).
Defensive
Pertaining to defense, as opposed to attack.
The victim held up his hand to repel the attacker and received a defensive knife wound.
Defense
The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
Defensive
In a state or posture of defense.
Defense
Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
Defensive
A means, attitude or position of defense.
Defense
A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
Defensive
Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor.
A moat defensive to a house.
Defense
The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
Defensive
Carried on by resisting attack or aggression; - opposed to offensive; as, defensive war.
Defense
An argument in support or justification of something.
Defensive
In a state or posture of defense.
Defense
The case presented by the defendant in a legal proceeding.
Defensive
That which defends; a safeguard.
Wars preventive, upon just fears, are true defensives.
Defense
The lawyer or team thereof who presents such a case.
Defensive
An attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')
Defense
Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
Department of Defense
Defensive
Intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack;
Defensive weapons
A defensive stance
Defense
(obsolete) A prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
Defensive
Attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
Defense
The act of defending, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger.
In cases of defense 't is best to weighThe enemy more mighty than he seems.
Defensive
Serving as or appropriate for defending or protecting;
Defensive fortifications
Defensive dikes to protect against floods
Defense
That which defends or protects; anything employed to oppose attack, ward off violence or danger, or maintain security; a guard; a protection.
War would arise in defense of the right.
God, the widow's champion and defense.
Defense
Protecting plea; vindication; justification.
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense.
Defense
The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action.
Defense
Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc.
A man of great defense.
By how much defense is better than no skill.
Defense
Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
Severe defenses . . . against wearing any linen under a certain breadth.
Defense
To furnish with defenses; to fortify.
Better manned and more strongly defensed.
Defense
(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring;
His teams are always good on defense
Defense
Military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies;
They died in the defense of Stalingrad
They were developed for the defense program
Defense
The defendant and his legal advisors collectively;
The defense called for a mistrial
Defense
Protection from harm;
Sanitation is the best defense against disease
Defense
A structure used for defense;
The artillery battered down the defenses
Defense
The speech act of answering an attack on your assertions;
His refutation of the charges was short and persuasive
In defense he said the other man started it
Defense
The justification for some act or belief;
He offered a persuasive defense of the theory
Defense
A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him;
He gave evidence for the defense
Defense
An organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack;
He joined the defense against invasion
Defense
The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the UnitedStates; created in 1947
Defense
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
