defence vs offensive

defence

noun
  • A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence. 

  • The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence. 

  • Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military. 

  • Something used to oppose attacks. 

  • The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury. 

  • An argument in support or justification of something. 

offensive

noun
  • An attack. 

  • The posture of attacking or being able to attack. 

adj
  • Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive. 

  • Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, or indignation. 

  • Having to do with play directed at scoring. 

How often have the words defence and offensive occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )