Defense vs Folkstyle - What's the difference?
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(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.
Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
* Sir W. Temple
(US, sports) Being a style of amateur wrestling practised at collegiate and university level in the United States; the ultimate goal is to pin the opponent to the mat, and the legs can be used in offense and defense.
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=May 3, author=The Associated Press, title=A U.S. College Wrestler Sees a World of Possibility, work=New York Times
, passage=But there are differences in the scoring and technique between the folkstyle wrestling in college, and the freestyle at the Olympics and the world championships. }}
As a noun defense
is defence (action of defending or protecting from attack, danger or injury, or any means for that purpose).As an adjective folkstyle is
(us|sports) being a style of amateur wrestling practised at collegiate and university level in the united states; the ultimate goal is to pin the opponent to the mat, and the legs can be used in offense and defense.defense
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* defence (British)Noun
- Department of Defense
- Severe defenses against wearing any linen under a certain breadth.
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* offenseDerived terms
* antidefense * ecodefense * Nuremberg defense * defensive * defensiveness * defensive scheme * defensive systemfolkstyle
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