Difference between Resists and Defy

RESISTS vs DEFY: NOUN

To oppose or resist with boldness and assurance.
To refuse to submit to or cooperate with.
To be beyond the application or scope of; be contrary or resistant to.
To challenge or dare (someone) to do something.
To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.
To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt

To digest; be digested.
To digest.
To reject; eject; void: with out.
To dare; brave; manifest a contempt of or indifference to (opposition, attack, or hostile force); set at naught; resist successfully: as, to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy the power of a magistrate.
To challenge to an action or procedure of any kind; dare to do something (generally with an implication of belief that it cannot be done, or that the action will fail of its purpose).
To challenge to contest or trial with arms; dare to meet in combat.
To revolt at; reject from dislike; disapprove.
To renounce; reject; refuse; repudiate; cast off.

Survives, Opposes, Rebuffs, Withstands, Jib, Dissent, Hold out, Protest, Stand firm, Balk, Stand, Refuse, Baulk, Withstand, Defy

Defiant, Shirk, Oppose, Evade, Confront, Disregard, Deny, Ignore, Flout, Hold up, Withstand, Hold, Dare, Refuse, Resist

Denies, Demurs, Shuns, Succumbs, Battles, Resins, Fights, Crawls, Jib, Dissent, Protest, Stand firm, Stand, Refuse, Defy

Break, Despise, Defiant, Oppose, Evade, Confront, Disregard, Deny, Ignore, Flout, Hold up, Hold, Dare, Refuse, Resist

Life and resists are all that matter here.
Unlike Christmas, it also resists a noncommittal response.
Prescriptivism resists the latter; descriptivism quietly observes both.
Chrome plated piston rod resists wear and corrosion.
Gold is one exception since it resists acids.
Did you know that wool actually resists dirt?
Resists cold flow and tendency to extrude Will cold flow and extrude at room Resists cold flow and tendency to extrude under high pressure.
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Therefore he who resists the authority resists the ordinance of God and they that resist bring on themselves condemnation.
Etching resists will include markers, oil paint and asphaltum varnish as resists for copper.

IR and IRT in Asia, defy easy answers.
Supernatural events may defy all forms of explanation.
Youngstown, Sensible Norwood, and Flak defy practical workability.
SYN: Defy, summon, dare, question, investigate, brave, canvass.
Sometimes, water law seems to defy common sense.
Defy your wafer professional stupidly taking the apartheid.
They defy common sense, she argued, but more importantly they defy the wishes of the majority of ordinary citizens of Europe.
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What does Grendel mean when he says the world resists me?