Difference between Defend and Fight Back

DEFEND vs FIGHT BACK: VERB

Fight against or resist strongly
Protect or fight for as a champion
State or assert
Protect against a challenge or attack
Be on the defensive; act against an attack
Be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
To prohibit, forbid.
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.
Argue or speak in defense of

To make a defense.
To play defense.
To represent (a defendant) in a civil or criminal action.
To attempt to disprove or invalidate (the claim made by a lawsuit or prosecution).
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 support or maintain, as by argument or action; justify.

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

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

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

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.

Some Western countries do try to fight back.
So, what can you do to fight back?
The record was set in 2003 on the back of the 'Fight Back' campaign, when the membership figure was 33,252.
Those people sent back the camel to bring their relative rather organize them fight back the so called reign.
He seemed to understand that his fate was to fight and that of his friends in government to fight back.
Back then, Trump won and his resolve to fight back was not put to the test.
Boyertown has many lawyers on standby to fight against you and it takes a lot of time and money to fight back.
What he does is fight back rather than back down.
Tyson Fury wants to fight Anthony Joshua in his first fight back after more than two years away from the ring.
We saw stuff last night that we will not accept and we can fight back and we will fight back.

Who will defend the Lucha Underground Championship?
How do humans defend against intracellular parasites?
Does minimalism defend itself against anti-realism?
Why did Melanchthon defend the Augsburg Confession?
How do honeybees defend themselves against Hornets?
How do psychodynamic therapists defend against emotions?
How do silkworms defend themselves against pathogens?
How do pine processionary caterpillars defend themselves?
How did Argentinosaurus defend itself from predators?
Should I purchase a duty to defend or non-duty to defend/reimbursement policy form?