due process vs defense

defense vs due process

due process and defense both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
due process	Yes	No	No	No
defense	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, defense is a hyponym of due process; that is, defense is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than due process:

due process: (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards
defense: a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

Other hyponyms of due process include legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings, notification, presentment, judgement, judgment, judicial decision, dispossession, eviction, legal ouster, plea, defence, demurrer, denial.

due process (noun)	defense (noun)
(law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards	(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
	the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
	a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
	protection from harm
	a structure used to defend against attack
	the justification for some act or belief
	the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
	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

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