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Defense vs Outguard - What's the difference?

defense | outguard |

As nouns the difference between defense and outguard

is that defense is the action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury while outguard is a guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy.

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

    outguard

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (military) A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy.
  • (by extension) Anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.
  • (Webster 1913)