Defense vs. Fence
Difference Between Defense and Fence
Defensenoun
The act of defending against attack, danger, or injury.
Fencenoun
A structure serving as an enclosure, a barrier, or a boundary, usually made of posts or stakes joined together by boards, wire, or rails.
Defensenoun
A means or method of defending or protecting.
Fencenoun
An adjustable guide with a flat edge used on a table saw and positioned parallel to the plane of the cutting attachment in order to keep the board properly positioned for the cut to be made at the correct distance from the board's edge.
Defensenoun
(Sports) The act or an instance of defending a championship against a challenger
will box in his third defense of his title.Fencenoun
One who receives and sells stolen goods.
Defensenoun
An argument in support or justification of something.
Fencenoun
A place where stolen goods are received and sold.
Defensenoun
The act of defending a case.
Fencenoun
(Archaic) A means of defense; a protection.
Defensenoun
A fact or law that provides a full or partial exoneration of the defendant against the charges or claims made in a lawsuit or prosecution.
Fenceverb
To surround or enclose with a fence or other barrier.
Defensenoun
The defendant and the defendant's legal counsel.
Fenceverb
To separate or keep out by means of a fence or other barrier
fenced off one field from another.fenced out the deer from the garden.Defensenoun
The science or art of defending oneself; self-defense.
Fenceverb
To sell (stolen goods) to a fence.
Defensenoun
The means or tactics used in trying to stop the opposition from scoring.
Fenceverb
To ward off; keep away.
Defensenoun
The team or those players on the team attempting to stop the opposition from scoring.
Fenceverb
To defend.
Defensenoun
Defending ability or potential.
Fenceverb
To practice the art or sport of fencing.
Defensenoun
The provision of personnel and resources for military purposes
proposed spending more on defense.Fenceverb
To avoid giving direct answers; hedge.
Defenseverb
To attempt to stop (the opposition) from scoring.
Fenceverb
To act as a conduit for stolen goods.
Defenseverb
To play defense against (an opponent or play).
Fencenoun
A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter.
Defensenoun
The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
Fencenoun
Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
Defensenoun
Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
Fencenoun
The place whence such a middleman operates.
Defensenoun
A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
Fencenoun
Skill in oral debate.
Defensenoun
The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
Fencenoun
The art or practice of fencing.
Defensenoun
An argument in support or justification of something.
Fencenoun
A guard or guide on machinery.
Defensenoun
Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
Department of DefenseFencenoun
(figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
Defensenoun
(obsolete) A prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
Fencenoun
A memory barrier.
Defensenoun
(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring;
his teams are always good on defenseFenceverb
(transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
Defensenoun
military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies;
they died in the defense of Stalingradthey were developed for the defense programFenceverb
(transitive) To defend or guard.
Defensenoun
the defendant and his legal advisors collectively;
the defense called for a mistrialFenceverb
(transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
Defensenoun
protection from harm;
sanitation is the best defense against diseaseFenceverb
To engage in the sport of fencing.
Defensenoun
a structure used for defense;
the artillery battered down the defensesFenceverb
To jump over a fence.
Defensenoun
the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions;
his refutation of the charges was short and persuasivein defense he said the other man started itFencenoun
a barrier that serves to enclose an area
Defensenoun
the justification for some act or belief;
he offered a persuasive defense of the theoryFencenoun
a dealer in stolen property
Defensenoun
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him;
he gave evidence for the defenseFenceverb
enclose with a fence;
we fenced in our yardDefensenoun
an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack;
he joined the defense against invasionFenceverb
receive stolen goods
Defensenoun
the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the UnitedStates; created in 1947
Fenceverb
fight with fencing swords
Defensenoun
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
Fenceverb
surround with a wall in order to fortify
Fenceverb
have an argument about something
