defense vs law

defense and law both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
defense	Yes	No	No	No
law	Yes	No	No	No

defense (noun)	law (noun)
(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies	the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system
the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury	a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him	a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
protection from harm	the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
a structure used to defend against attack	legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
the justification for some act or belief	the collection of rules imposed by authority
the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions	the force of policemen and officers
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