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defense vs action

action vs defense

defense and action both are nouns.

defense is not a verb while action is a verb.

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