trial vs defense

trial and defense both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trial	Yes	No	No	No
defense	Yes	No	No	No

trial (noun)	defense (noun)
the act of testing something	(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
(law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law	the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
the act of undergoing testing	a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
trying something to find out about it	protection from harm
an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event	a structure used to defend against attack
(sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications	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