defend vs stop

defend is not a noun while stop is a noun.

defend and stop both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
defend	No	No	Yes	No
stop	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, stop is a hyponym of defend; that is, stop is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than defend:

defend: be on the defensive; act against an attack
stop: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

Other hyponyms of defend include bulwark, protect, ward off, arrest, check, contain, hold back, turn back.

defend (noun)	stop (noun)
	the act of stopping something
	a brief stay in the course of a journey
	a restraint that checks the motion of something
	an obstruction in a pipe or tube
	a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
	(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
	a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
	a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
	the event of something ending
	a spot where something halts or pauses
	the state of inactivity following an interruption

defend (verb)	stop (verb)
argue or speak in defense of	prevent completion
state or assert	stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
be on the defensive; act against an attack	hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
protect against a challenge or attack	seize on its way
protect or fight for as a champion	render unsuitable for passage
fight against or resist strongly	come to a halt, stop moving
be the defense counsel for someone in a trial	cause to end
	interrupt a trip
	stop from happening or developing
	put an end to a state or an activity
	have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Difference between defend and stop

Words related to "stop"

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