Difference between Defends and Represent

DEFENDS vs REPRESENT: NOUN

Describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality
Take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
Be representative or typical for
Be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute
Point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance
Serve as a means of expressing something
Create an image or likeness of
Be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
Form or compose
Be characteristic of
To establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)
Bring forward and present to the mind
Perform (a play), especially on a stage
Play a role or part
Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol

To serve as a delegate or agent for.
To draw attention to by way of remonstrance or protest.
To present clearly to the mind.
To act the part or role of.
To describe or present in words; set forth.
To depict in art; portray.
To indicate or communicate by signs or symbols.
To have as a meaning, suggestion, or association; stand for or symbolize.
To be an example or examples of.
To act as a spokesperson for.
To be the equivalent of; amount to.
To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
To describe or put forward (a person or thing) as an embodiment of a specified quality.
To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate.
To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate.
To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another)
To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe.
To serve as a sign or symbol of
To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See Presentative, 3.

To present again; specifically, to bring again before the mind.
To present in place of something else; exhibit the image or counterpart of; suggest by being like; typify.
To portray by pictorial or plastic art.
To portray, present, or exhibit dramatically.
To enact; personate; present by mimicry or action.
To state; describe or portray in words; give one's own impressions, idea, or judgment of; declare; set forth.
To supply the place or perform the duties or functions of; specifically, to speak and act with authority on behalf of; be a substitute for, or a representative of or agent for.
Specifically, to stand in the place of, in the right of inheritance.
To serve as a sign or symbol of; stand for; be understood as: as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things.
To serve as a type or specimen of; exemplify; furnish a case or instance of: as, a genus represented by few species; a species represented by many individuals; especially, in zoögeog., to replace; fill the part or place of (another) in any given fauna: as, llamas represent camels in the New World; the Old World starlings are represented in America by the Icteridæ. See mimotype.
To image or picture in the mind; place definitely before the mind.
Synonyms To show, express.
3 and To delineate, depict, draw.
Be typical of
Be a symbol
Be a delegate or spokesperson for

Supports, Secures, Promotes, Upholds, Fend for, Fight down, Fight back, Support, Guard, Champion, Hold, Represent, Oppose, Maintain, Fight

Embody, Make up, Map, Stand for, Play, Act, Be, Interpret, Defend, Typify, Symbolize, Exemplify, Correspond, Constitute, Comprise

Sustains, Represents, Uphold, Forbids, Subscribes, Adheres, Espouses, Fight back, Support, Guard, Champion, Hold, Represent, Oppose, Fight

Demonstrate, Depict, Epitomize, Involve, Reflect, Embody, Make up, Map, Stand for, Play, Act, Interpret, Typify, Exemplify, Correspond

The Safety defends against deep passes and runs.
Sally Hansen defends against breaking, tearing and peeling.
Belt pulls a bone knife and defends himself.
The agency defends their risk assessments of BPA.
Claudio and rejected by Leonato, she defends herself.
Defends against viruses, spyware, malware, and online threats.
Tano defends herself against the oncoming clone troopers.
Office of the Attorney General, who defends the state in such bid protests, aggressively defends against bid protests on grounds of untimeliness.
And I think that RFRA is something that defends that, defends the very basic premise that we all agree with here, right?
In polygyny a large conspicuous male usually defends females from other males or defends a breeding site.

The debtor retained counsel to represent him in a short sale of his overencumbered real property and to represent him in various foreclosure proceedings.
Furthermore there are still codes to represent the complications of transplants, but in this area there is greater specificity available to adequately represent complications.
Whiskers represent the minimum and maximum; dotted lines represent the mean and SD.
The darker colors represent higher levels of corruption perception and lighter colors represent lower levels.
This is analogous to the birthday problem where octamers represent the individuals and the four nucleotide ends represent their unique birthdays.
Represent the Dark skinned Hispanics perspective, someone to Represent the Asian perspective, someone to Represent the African AMERICAN perspective!
You can either represent yourself, hire an attorney, or have a representative from the local agency represent you.
Both possibilities represent an error, but we should be clear about what kind of error they represent.
In a conceptual graph, boxes represent concepts and circles represent conceptual relations.
Squares represent males, circles represent females, and shading indicates that an individual has LCA.