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Defender vs Endplay - What's the difference?

defender | endplay |

As nouns the difference between defender and endplay

is that defender is someone who defends people or property while endplay is (bridge) a tactical play in which a defender is put on lead at a strategic moment, and then has to make a play that loses one or more tricks.

As a verb endplay is

(bridge) to make an endplay.

defender

English

Alternative forms

* defendor (obsolete) * defendour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who defends people or property.
  • (legal) A lawyer who represents defendants.
  • A fighter who repels an attack.
  • (sports) One of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring.

    • endplay

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (bridge) A tactical play in which a defender is put on lead at a strategic moment, and then has to make a play that loses one or more tricks
  • *{{quote-news, 2009, January 3, Phillip Alder, What to Bid Next? That Depends on the Game You're Playing, New York Times citation
    • , passage=At this point, South should have played a spade to dummy's ace, ruffed a spade and led her club king to catch West in a trump endplay , but she became flustered and lost two more tricks to go down one. }}

    Synonyms

    *throw-in

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (bridge) To make an endplay
  • *{{quote-news, 2009, January 5, Phillip Alder, From a Holiday Tournament, Two Points for the Price of One, New York Times citation
    • , passage=Then a diamond lead endplayed West. }}