defence program vs defense policy

defence program and defense policy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
defence program	Yes	No	No	No
defense policy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, defence program and defense policy are synonyms defined as:

defence program and defense policy: a program for defending a country against its enemies

Other synonyms of defence program include defence policy, defense program.

defence program (noun)	defense policy (noun)
a program for defending a country against its enemies	a program for defending a country against its enemies