defence vs mining

mining vs defence

defence and mining both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
defence	Yes	No	No	No
mining	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mining is a hyponym of defence; that is, mining is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than defence:

defence: (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
mining: laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment

Other hyponyms of defence include umbrella, air defense, stand, hasty defence, hasty defense, deliberate defence, deliberate defense, biodefence, biodefense, biological defence, biological defense, chemical defence, chemical defense, minelaying, biological warfare defence, biological warfare defense, BW defence, BW defense.

defence (noun)	mining (noun)
(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies	the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury	laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
protection from harm
a structure used to defend against attack
the justification for some act or belief
the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

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