Fence vs. Defence — What's the Difference?

A fence is a structure that encloses an area, typically outdoors, and is usually constructed from posts that are connected by boards, wire, rails or netting. A fence differs from a wall in not having a solid foundation along its whole length.Alternatives to fencing include a ditch (sometimes filled with water, forming a moat).

Variant of defense.

A structure serving as an enclosure, a barrier, or a boundary, usually made of posts or stakes joined together by boards, wire, or rails.

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

An adjustable guide with a flat edge used on a table saw and positioned parallel to the plane of the cutting attachment in order to keep the board properly positioned for the cut to be made at the correct distance from the board's edge.

Something used to oppose attacks.

One who receives and sells stolen goods.

An argument in support or justification of something.

A place where stolen goods are received and sold.

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

(Archaic) A means of defense; a protection.

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

To surround or enclose with a fence or other barrier.

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

To separate or keep out by means of a fence or other barrier

(obsolete) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.

To sell (stolen goods) to a fence.

To furnish with defences; to fortify.

To ward off; keep away.

See Defense.

To defend.

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

To practice the art or sport of fencing.

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

To avoid giving direct answers; hedge.

The defendant and his legal advisors collectively;

To act as a conduit for stolen goods.

An organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack;

A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.

The speech act of answering an attack on your assertions;

(informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.

The justification for some act or belief;

(by extension) The place whence such a middleman operates.

A structure used for defense;

Skill in oral debate.

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

The art or practice of fencing.

Military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies;

A guard or guide on machinery.

Protection from harm;

(figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.

A memory barrier.

(transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.

(transitive) To defend or guard.

(transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.

To engage in the sport of fencing.

To jump over a fence.

(intransitive) To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.

That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.

An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within.

A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler gates in locking and unlocking.

Self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See Fencing.

A receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received.

To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard.

To inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure.

To make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence.

To practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the smallsword, using the point only.

Hence, to fight or dispute in the manner of fencers, that is, by thrusting, guarding, parrying, etc.

A barrier that serves to enclose an area

A dealer in stolen property

Enclose with a fence;

Receive stolen goods

Fight with fencing swords

Surround with a wall in order to fortify

Have an argument about something