Armor vs Resistance - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
(uncountable) A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
(uncountable) Metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.
(countable) A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
(military, uncountable) A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively.
(hydrology, uncountable) The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion.
To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.
To provide something with an analogous form of protection.
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The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 (physics) A force that tends to oppose motion.
(physics) Shortened form of electrical resistance.
An underground organization engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation.
As nouns the difference between armor and resistance
is that armor is (uncountable) a protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces while resistance is resistance (all meanings).As a verb armor
is to equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.armor
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Alternative forms
* armourNoun
(wikipedia) (qualifier)Synonyms
* (body armour) body armour, body armor, mail, chain mail, plate, suit of armour, suit of armor * (animal) horn, carapace, chitin * (metal plate) armour plate, armor plate * (military) mechanized, cavalryDerived terms
* * composite armour * armour-plated * armour plating * armoury * spaced armour * stand-off armour * suit of armour * reactive armour * explosive reactive armourVerb
(en verb)resistance
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Alternative forms
* resistaunce (obsolete)Noun
citation, passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.}}