What's the difference between accusatorial and defence?

Accusatorial


Definition:

  • (a.) Accusatory.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In addition, the voices of schizophrenic patients are predominantly disparaging, call approbrious names, or are accusatory.
  • (2) Perhaps one of the most obvious examples of the sexism Page has encountered is that pretty much as soon as she came to international attention in Juno, rumours started about her sexuality, simply because, to quote one well-known accusatory blogpost in 2008, "she certainly dresses like a, you know, tomboy and if you Google 'Ellen Page boyfriend' , not a whole lot comes up."
  • (3) Sisi pointed an accusatory finger at Italy in an unrelated case involving an Egyptian citizen and Italian resident named Adel Moad, who is alleged to have disappeared in Italy last year.
  • (4) However, the government’s constant attempts to paint honest people – like low-paid workers relying on tax credits and universal credit – as ‘skivers’ is creating a hostile and accusatory environment.
  • (5) It's a very troubling scene with such accusatory positioning.
  • (6) Longitudinal pharmacotherapeutic data from 58 schizophrenic patients suggest that the emergence of a dysphoric state, characterized by a combination of anxiety, depression, and accusatoriness, early in the course of neuroleptic treatment augurs poor therapeutic outcome and is associated with an unfavorable prognostic classification and a tendency for autonomic arousal to increase with treatment from a drug-free base line somewhat higher than normal.
  • (7) Stop pretending you are not doing what you are doing.” “Russia,” she went on in similarly accusatory mode, “signs agreements, then does everything within its power to undermine them.
  • (8) Even when his words grow angry and accusatory, his face remains impassive.
  • (9) The evidence and accusatory theory do not justify a verdict of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
  • (10) Successful management requires early suspicion and prompt recognition as well as establishment of non-accusatory relationship with the primary physician.
  • (11) There is no empathy at all in the system; it is all accusatory."
  • (12) Left to my own devices, I'd probably still be prodding laboriously at my old grey Nokia and answering it with my signature "charm" – similar to when people receive ransom calls from kidnappers in films, only more tense, suspicious and accusatory.
  • (13) Buckingham Palace put out a denial,” Ferguson told NBC’s Today, “and we stand by that denial.” “I won’t stand by – because I know what it feels like to have salacious lies made up about you – and not support him so publicly, because they are just shockingly accusatory allegations,” said Ferguson, who added: “The American people know my integrity.” She said that given Andrew’s qualities “as a great father, and a humongously good man, and all the works he does for Britain,” she would not “let him have his character defamed to this level”.
  • (14) Accusatory "you" statements were rated as more aversive and evoked stronger antagonistic response inclinations than assertive "I" statements.
  • (15) One third of the children were seen as "babies", with unnecessarily over-protective attitudes on the part of their parents, and one third as "scapegoats", with accusatory attitudes from their mother and father.
  • (16) "At some point I was asking something about that, being friends, but not in an accusatory way.
  • (17) He criticizes the way in which the document was compiled, since in his opinion the three psychiatric experts who consigned it interpreted in an accusatory manner the subjective data of their examination.
  • (18) The real goal of his catty, three-page response, he says, was to embarrass a bureaucratic agency with humor – he pointed out its redaction of vital words defining the proper usage of Section 701 in its accusatory letter, and how it led the FBI to call Wikipedia's use of its seal "problematic".
  • (19) Related images and accusatory comments about leaders and the system [of government] must be deleted without exception,” said the instructions, according to CDT .
  • (20) While these symptoms are not uncommon in non-adoptive clinic cases, the authors note an emphasis on the adoptive parents' disappointment and accusatory attitude to toward these children as well as high incidence of symptoms indicative of interpersonal difficulties and problems in developing solid parental attachments and self-control.

Defence


Definition:

  • (n. & v. t.) See Defense.
  • (n.) The act of defending, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger.
  • (n.) That which defends or protects; anything employed to oppose attack, ward off violence or danger, or maintain security; a guard; a protection.
  • (n.) Protecting plea; vindication; justification.
  • (n.) The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action.
  • (n.) Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc.
  • (n.) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The manufacturers, British Aerospace describe it as a "single-seat, radar equipped, lightweight, multi-role combat aircraft, providing comprehensive air defence and ground attack capability".
  • (2) I can see you use humour as a defence mechanism, so in return I could just tell you that if he's massively rich or famous and you've decided you'll put up with it to please him, you'll eventually discover it's not worth it.
  • (3) Defence lawyers suggested this week that Anwar's accuser was a "compulsive and consummate liar" who may have been put up to it.
  • (4) At first it looked as though the winger might have shown too much of the ball to the defence, yet he managed to gain a crucial last touch to nudge it past Phil Jones and into the path of Jerome, who slipped Chris Smalling’s attempt at a covering tackle and held off Michael Carrick’s challenge to place a shot past an exposed De Gea.
  • (5) He is a leader and helps manage the defence, while Pablo Armero can be a bit of a loose cannon but he is certainly a talented player.
  • (6) The percentages of bacteria phagocytized and intracellularly killed by macrophages rose to 60-80% and 85-95% respectively when the doubling time was longer, showing that S. mutans is particularly sensitive to nonspecific immune defence mechanisms when cultured under conditions similar to those of its natural ecosystem.
  • (7) It is apparent that in the development of reactive arthritis the patient fails in his first line of defence against the invading microorganism.
  • (8) Different games, different moments but it is very important to start winning our points at home.” City started their title defence by defeating Newcastle United 2-0.
  • (9) Alec played a role in the resignation of the UK defence secretary Liam Fox last year over his close ties to his friend Adam Werritty.
  • (10) A defence solicitor, Mike Schwarz from Bindmans, said his clients would be appealing to the high court.
  • (11) The decision came after Japan’s revised rules on the transfer of arms and defence technology, Suga said.
  • (12) And in terms of genuine defence needs (as opposed to state militarism), what greater known threat is there to human security than the prospect of runaway climate change?
  • (13) "We try to get closer to the people, we try to get lower down the command structures and we try to be more embedded than sometimes the Americans appear to do," the defence secretary said.
  • (14) Anxiety disorders are no longer regarded as consequences of conflicts and ineffective defences or as concomitants of other psychiatric disorders but rather as disorders of their own.
  • (15) He was accused of disrespecting the FA Cup with such a weakened team but he mounted a strong defence, referencing the club’s seven injuries that have left him with only 13 fit senior outfield players.
  • (16) Not only was an alarming amount of fissile material going missing at the company, Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (Numec), but it had been visited by a veritable who's-who of Israeli intelligence, including Rafael Eitan, described by the firm as an Israeli defence ministry "chemist", but, in fact, a top Mossad operative who went on to head Lakam.
  • (17) Navalny, represented by two defence lawyers, will argue that he did not lead a criminal group to embezzle 16m roubles (£333,000) from Kirovles, a state-run timber firm, while advising the region's liberal governor, Nikita Belykh.
  • (18) We’re covering defence; we’re strong; there’s no tries scored.
  • (19) That was the thing that told against us in the end and we have to be serious about that.” In defence of the Corbyn camp’s plans to renationalise privatised industries, John McDonnell MP, who is the candidate’s campaign agent, said that privatisation had been “a confidence trick”.
  • (20) Jake Schmidt, international climate policy director at the green campaigning group Natural Resources Defence Capital, said: "There's a cultural mismatch between the Qatari team and this process.