defense policy vs defense program

defense policy and defense program both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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