defect vs resist

defect is a noun but resist is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
defect	Yes	No	Yes	No
resist	No	No	Yes	No

defect (noun)	resist (noun)
a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
a failing or deficiency
an imperfection in an object or machine
an imperfection in a bodily system

defect (verb)	resist (verb)
desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army	stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
	withstand the force of something
	refuse to comply
	express opposition through action or words
	elude, especially in a baffling way
	resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ