Defense vs. Protection — What's the Difference?

The act of defending against attack, danger, or injury.

Protection is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights.

A means or method of defending or protecting.

The act of protecting.

(Sports) The act or an instance of defending a championship against a challenger

The condition of being protected.

An argument in support or justification of something.

One that protects

The act of defending a case.

A pass guaranteeing safe-conduct to travelers.

A fact or law that provides a full or partial exoneration of the defendant against the charges or claims made in a lawsuit or prosecution.

Something that lowers the risk of pregnancy or infection, especially the use of a condom.

The defendant and the defendant's legal counsel.

Payment collected by racketeers from businesses or illegal enterprises under threat of violence.

The science or art of defending oneself; self-defense.

Payment made by racketeers to officials or law enforcement to avoid arrest or prosecution.

The means or tactics used in trying to stop the opposition from scoring.

The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.

The team or those players on the team attempting to stop the opposition from scoring.

The state of being safe.

Defending ability or potential.

A means of keeping or remaining safe.

The provision of personnel and resources for military purposes

A means, such as a condom, of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease.

To attempt to stop (the opposition) from scoring.

(insurance) Coverage.

To play defense against (an opponent or play).

Immunity from harm, obtained by illegal payments, as bribery or extortion.

The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.

(obsolete) A document serving as a guarantee against harm or interference; a passport.

Anything employed to oppose attack(s).

(economics) Restrictions on foreign competitors which limit their ability to compete with domestic producers of goods or services.

A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.

(computing) An instance of a security token associated with a resource (such as a file).

The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.

The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.

An argument in support or justification of something.

That which protects or preserves from injury; a defense; a shield; a refuge.

The case presented by the defendant in a legal proceeding.

A writing that protects or secures from molestation or arrest; a pass; a safe-conduct; a passport.

The lawyer or team thereof who presents such a case.

A theory, or a policy, of protecting the producers in a country from foreign competition in the home market by the imposition of such discriminating duties on goods of foreign production as will restrict or prevent their importation; - opposed to free trade.

Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.

The activity of protecting someone or something;

(obsolete) A prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.

A covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury;

The act of defending, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger.

Defense against financial failure; financial independence;

That which defends or protects; anything employed to oppose attack, ward off violence or danger, or maintain security; a guard; a protection.

The condition of being protected;

Protecting plea; vindication; justification.

Kindly endorsement and guidance;

The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action.

The imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition;

Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc.

Payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence;

Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.

To furnish with defenses; to fortify.

(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring;

Military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies;

The defendant and his legal advisors collectively;

Protection from harm;

A structure used for defense;

The speech act of answering an attack on your assertions;

The justification for some act or belief;

A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him;

An organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack;

The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the UnitedStates; created in 1947

(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires