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Defense vs Misdefense - What's the difference?

defense | misdefense |

As nouns the difference between defense and misdefense

is that defense is defence (action of defending or protecting from attack, danger or injury, or any means for that purpose) while misdefense is a faulty defense that allows one's opponent to take advantage.

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

    misdefense

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A faulty defense that allows one's opponent to take advantage
  • *{{quote-news, 2009, January 15, Phillip Alder, Scrutinizing the Dummy to Develop the Defense, New York Times citation
    • , passage=South now had seven tricks (two spades, three hearts and two clubs), and a later misdefense allowed an overtrick. }}