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action vs defence

defence vs action

action and defence both are nouns.

action is a verb but defence is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
action Yes No Yes No
defence Yes No No No
As nouns, defence is a hyponym of action; that is, defence is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than action:
  • action: a military engagement
  • defence: (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
Other hyponyms of action include amphibious landing, battle, conflict, engagement, fight, blockade, encirclement, defense, defensive measure, electronic warfare, EW, police action, resistance, saber rattling, sabre rattling, sally, sortie, war, warfare.
action (noun) defence (noun)
the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
something done (usually as opposed to something said) a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
a military engagement protection from harm
an act by a government body or supranational organization a structure used to defend against attack
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism the justification for some act or belief
In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges). the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
the trait of being active and energetic and forceful the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
the series of events that form a plot (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
the state of being active (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
action (verb) defence (verb)
put in effect
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
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