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Defense vs Defensiveness - What's the difference?

defense | defensiveness |

Defensiveness is a derived term of defense.



As nouns the difference between defense and defensiveness

is that defense is the action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury while defensiveness is the state or quality of being defensive.

defense

English

Alternative forms

* defence (British)

Noun

  • (en noun) (US)
  • The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
  • Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
  • # A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
  • # The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
  • An argument in support or justification of something.
  • Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
    • Department of Defense
  • Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
  • * Sir W. Temple
    • Severe defenses against wearing any linen under a certain breadth.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * offense

    Derived terms

    * antidefense * ecodefense * Nuremberg defense * defensive * defensiveness * defensive scheme * defensive system

    defensiveness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or quality of being defensive.