Defend
Defend verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Representing and defend are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Representing" with "Defend", this verbs are similar.
Representing
Defend and representing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defend" instead a verb "Representing".
Both words in one sentence
- Otaku: Not the guys themselves, but they have a character stand-in, Cogswell Pepperbox, representing every pretentious otaku douchebag who would defend the works they slag.
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Every client we see him defend is either innocent or very sympathetic, until he's blackmailed into representing Judge Fleming on rape charges, leading to his infamous breakdown.
Source: Film / ...And Justice for All - Fleming, though he loathes Kirkland, feels that if he's seen representing him, it will make people think Kirkland believes he's innocent and help the case, since why defend a man he so despises otherwise?
Source: Film / ...And Justice for All
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