Resist vs Defend - What's the difference?
resist | defend |
To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
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, title= To withstand the actions of.
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, title= To oppose.
(obsolete) To be distasteful to.
* 1608 , , II. iii. 29:
(obsolete) To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
*1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.viii:
*:The vertue is, that neither steele, nor stone / The stroke thereof from entrance may defend .
(obsolete) To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To prohibit, forbid.
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*:Broder said sir launcelot wete ye wel I am ful lothe to departe oute of this realme / but the quene hath defended me soo hyhely / that me semeth she wille neuer be my good lady as she hath ben
To ward off attacks from; to fight to protect; to guard.
To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
(legal) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 14, author=Steven Morris, work=Guardian
, title= (sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
(sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous edition of that competition.
(poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.
In transitive terms the difference between resist and defend
is that resist is to withstand the actions of while defend is to support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.In transitive obsolete terms the difference between resist and defend
is that resist is to be distasteful to while defend is to prevent, to keep (from doing something).As a noun resist
is a protective coating or covering.resist
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Verb
(en verb)Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The preposterous altruism too!
- These cates resist me,
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . SeeDerived terms
* resistanceSynonyms
* (l) * (l) * (l)Antonyms
* obey * submitDerived terms
* irresistible * irresistibly * resistance * resistant * resistantly * resistible * resistibly * resistive * resistively * resistless * resistlessly * resistorAnagrams
*References
defend
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Verb
(en verb)Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave, passage=Philip Miles, defending , said: "This was a single instance, there was no allegation of continuing behaviour over a long period of time."}}