Defect
Defect noun - Something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing.
Tie
Tie noun - A situation in which neither participant in a contest, competition, or struggle comes out ahead of the other.
Nearby Word: tied
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| physical | physical defect | physical tie |
| common | common defect | common tie |
| small | small defect | small tie |
| real | real defect | real tie |
| Other adjectives: big, permanent, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Besides Graneet, there were some TIE pilots who decided late into the novel to defect to the Rebel Alliance.
Source: Defector from Decadence
Cite this Source
Tie and Defect. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/defect/tie
Defect & Tie. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/defect/tie>.
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