Defender vs Protector - What's the difference?
defender | protector |
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.
Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
A device or mechanism which is designed to protect.
One who prevents interference.
A state or other subject under international law, exercising a protectorate over another subject in international law.
* Jon Huntsman, Jr.
(UK, historical) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.
(Roman Catholic) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc.
As nouns the difference between defender and protector
is that defender is someone who defends people or property while protector is someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.defender
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* defendor (obsolete) * defendour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)protector
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* protectour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- I stand before you in the spirit of pure public service — not as a protector of the status quo, but as an agent of change.
- (Shakespeare)