defiance vs resistance

defiance and resistance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
defiance	Yes	No	No	No
resistance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, resistance is a hypernym of defiance; that is, resistance is a word with a broader meaning than defiance:

defiance (noun)	resistance (noun)
a defiant act	group action in opposition to those in power
intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude	the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
a hostile challenge	the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
	an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
	the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
	(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
	a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
	any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
	a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
	(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
	the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents