Defend, protect, shield, guard, safeguard mean to keep secure from danger or against attack.
Category: Synonyms
Defection vs Desertion vs Apostasy
Defection, desertion, apostasy mean an abandonment that involves the breaking of a moral or legal bond or tie and that is highly culpable from the point of view of the person, cause, or party abandoned.
Deface vs Disfigure
Deface, disfigure mean to mar the appearance of a thing.
Deep vs Profound vs Abysmal
Deep and profound denote extended either downward from a surface or, less often, backward or inward from a front or outer part.
Deduction vs Induction
Deduction, induction and their corresponding adjectives deductive, inductive are comparable as used in logic to designate forms of reasoning.
Deduction vs Abatement vs Rebate vs Discount
Deduction, abatement, rebate, discount are comparable when they mean an amount subtracted from a gross sum.
Deduct vs Subtract
Deduct, subtract mean to take away one quantity from another.
Decry vs Depreciate vs Disparage vs Derogate vs Detract vs Belittle vs Minimize
Decry, depreciate, disparage, derogate, detract, belittle, minimize mean to write, speak, or otherwise indicate one’s feeling in regard to something in such a way as to reveal one’s low opinion of it.
Decrease vs Lessen vs Diminish vs Reduce vs Abate vs Dwindle
Decrease, lessen, diminish, reduce, abate, dwindle denote to make or grow less, but they are not freely interchangeable.
Decorum vs Decency vs Propriety vs Dignity vs Etiquette
Decorum, decency, propriety, dignity, etiquette are comparable either when they mean a code of rules respecting what is right, fitting, or honorable in behavior or, more often, when they mean the quality or character of rightness, fitness, or honorableness in behavior resulting from the observance of such a code.
Decorous vs Decent vs Seemly vs Proper vs Nice
Decorous, decent, seemly, proper, nice apply to persons, their utterances, and their behavior, and mean conforming to an accepted standard of what is right or fitting or is regarded as good form.
Decline vs Refuse vs Reject vs Repudiate vs Spurn
Decline, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn are comparable when they mean to turn away something or someone by not consenting to accept, receive, or consider it or him.