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Upholder vs Defender - What's the difference?

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Upholder is a related term of defender.


As nouns the difference between upholder and defender

is that upholder is someone who upholds something while defender is someone who defends people or property.

upholder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • someone who upholds something
  • (obsolete) a dealer in secondhand furniture and clothes; an upholdster
    • English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs

    defender

    English

    Alternative forms

    * defendor (obsolete) * defendour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.