Blitz vs Offend - What's the difference?
blitz | offend |
A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to The Blitz.
(figuratively) A sudden effort, as a publicity blitz .
(American football) action of a defensive football player who rushes the passer of the football.
(chess) Blitz chess, a form of chess with a short time limit for moves.
A swift and overwhelming attack.
To attack.
(American football) To rush the passer.
(cooking) To or chop (food products) using a food processor or blender.
(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=6 (intransitive) To feel or become offended, take insult.
(transitive) To physically harm, pain.
(transitive) To annoy, cause discomfort or resent.
(intransitive) To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules.
(transitive) To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.
(obsolete, transitive, archaic, biblical) To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
* 1896 , Adolphus Frederick Schauffler, Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons , W. A. Wilde company, Page 161,
* New Testament'', Matthew 5:29 (''Sermon on the Mount ),
As a proper noun blitz
is the series of air raids launched on various cities in britain (not just london) by the german airforce in 1940-1 they were also known as the baedeker raids.As a verb offend is
(transitive) to hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.blitz
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- To make nut roast, you have to blitz the nuts in the food processor before adding the parsley and breadcrumbs.
offend
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(en verb)citation, passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. We nearly crowned her we were so offended . She saw us but she didn't know us, did she?’.}}
- "If any man offend not (stumbles not, is not tripped up) in word, the same is a perfect man."
- "If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out."