resist vs defect

resist is not a noun while defect is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
resist	No	No	Yes	No
defect	Yes	No	Yes	No

resist (noun)	defect (noun)
	a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
	a failing or deficiency
	an imperfection in an object or machine
	an imperfection in a bodily system

resist (verb)	defect (verb)
stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something	desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
withstand the force of something
refuse to comply
express opposition through action or words
elude, especially in a baffling way
resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ