defense lawyers vs defense team

defense lawyers and defense team both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
defense lawyers	Yes	No	No	No
defense team	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, defense lawyers and defense team are synonyms defined as:

defense lawyers and defense team: the defendant and his legal advisors collectively

Other synonyms of defense lawyers include defence, defense.

defense lawyers (noun)	defense team (noun)
the defendant and his legal advisors collectively	the defendant and his legal advisors collectively