law vs defence

law and defence both are nouns.

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

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