Difference between Defend and Fend

DEFEND vs FEND: NOUN

A fiend.
A Middle English form of fiend.
An enemy; fiend; the Devil.
The shift which one makes for one's self, whether for sustenance or in any other respect; self-defense or self-support.

Be on the defensive; act against an attack
Protect against a challenge or attack
State or assert
Fight against or resist strongly
Protect or fight for as a champion
Argue or speak in defense of
To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
Be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
To ward off attacks from; to fight to protect; to guard.
To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
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.
To call a raise from the big blind.
To prohibit, forbid.

Try to manage without help
Withstand the force of something
To take care of oneself, to take responsibility for oneself.
To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off).

To play defense.
To represent (a defendant) in a civil or criminal action.
To support or maintain, as by argument or action; justify.
To compete against a challenger in an attempt to retain (a championship).
To be responsible for guarding (an opposing player).
To attempt to prevent the opposition from scoring while playing in or near (a goal or area of a field, for example).
To engage in or be prepared to engage in battle to prevent (a population or area, for example) from being captured or occupied by an enemy.
To make or keep safe from danger, attack, or harm.
To attempt to disprove or invalidate (the claim made by a lawsuit or prosecution).
To make a defense.

To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit.
To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; ; -- sometimes followed by from or against.
To prohibit; to forbid.
To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.

To prevent its running against anything with too much violence.
To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off.

Act against an attack
In law, to make opposition; enter or make defense: as, the party comes into court, defends, and says.
Be on the defensive
Synonyms Protect, Shelter, etc. (see keep), guard, shield. Maintain, Vindicate, etc. See assert.
To vindicate; uphold; maintain by force, argument, or evidence: as, to defend one's rights and privileges; to defend a cause or claim at law.
To ward off attack from; guard against assault or injury; shield: as, to defend a fortress.
To forbid; prohibit; forefend.
To drive off or away; thrust back; fend or ward off; repel.

To defend; protect; guard.
To support; maintain.
To act in opposition; offer resistance.
To parry; fence.
To make provision; give care.
To keep off; prevent from entering or impinging; ward off; forbid: usually followed by off: as, to fend off blows. Compare fen.

Vindicate, Safeguard, Protect, Assert, Fend for, Fight down, Fight back, Support, Guard, Champion, Hold, Represent, Oppose, Maintain, Fight

Stymie, Outflank, Thwart, Repel, Use, Rely, Fill, Manage, Parry, Avoiding, Stand, Fight, Avoid, Prevent, Defend

Repel, Fend, Uphold, Vindicate, Safeguard, Protect, Assert, Fight back, Support, Guard, Champion, Hold, Represent, Oppose, Fight

Vanquish, Stymie, Outflank, Thwart, Repel, Use, Rely, Fill, Manage, Parry, Avoiding, Stand, Fight, Avoid, Prevent

Samba to expound upon and defend his faith.
You are able to defend yourself in court.
Be prepared to explain and defend the process.
Richard Caswell with orders to defend the colony.
All democratic nations need to constantly defend it.
President to defend the prerogatives of his office to defend constitutionally grounded principles of executive branch privileges or immunities is an impeachable offense.
He would defend his original viewpoint and we would defend our disposition and associated rationale.
We should reply that any nation must defend itself against a step which would make it impossible to defend itself.
Others will not defend you unless you defend yourself.
Conservatives defend property; but they defend it badly.

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Smaller states are left to fend for themselves.
It helps your body fend off the virus.
Fortunately, healthy trees can usually fend for themselves.
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The Alaskans would have to fend for themselves.
Now the show has to fend for itself.
Sam to fend for himself on the streets.
This fact alone shows that there are causes with the power to fend off death, even if not to fend it off permanently.

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