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Hate vs Offense - What's the difference?

hate | offense | Related terms |

Hate is a related term of offense.


As verbs the difference between hate and offense

is that hate is while offense is .

As a noun hate

is haste, impatience.

hate

English

Noun

  • An object of hatred.
  • One of my pet hates is traffic wardens.
  • Hatred.
  • He gave me a look filled with pure hate .
  • (Internet, colloquial) Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.
  • There was a lot of hate in the comments on my vlog about Justin Bieber from his fans.

    Verb

    (hat)
  • To dislike intensely or greatly.
  • I hate men who take advantage of women.
  • (slang) To dislike intensely due to envy.
  • Don't be hating my weave, girl, you're just jealous!

    Synonyms

    * abhor * despise * detest * loathe * See also

    Antonyms

    * love

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

  • liver (organ of the body)
  • References

    * Van den Berg, Rene (1991). "Preliminary Notes on the Cia-Cia Language," in Excursies in Celebes , pp. 305-324. ----

    offense

    Alternative forms

    * (British standard spelling) offence

    Noun

  • (en noun) (US)
  • The act of offending:
  • # a crime or sin
  • #* {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
  • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.}}
  • # an affront, insult or injury.
  • #* Dryden
  • I have given my opinion against the authority of two great men, but I hope without offence to their memories.
  • The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
  • ) A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; ''contrasted with defense.
  • ) The portion of a team dedicated to scoring when in position to do so; ''contrasted with defense.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * defense (US), defence (Commonwealth)

    Derived terms

    * hanging offense, hanging offence * indictable offense, indictable offence * summary offense, summary offence * regulatory offense, regulatory offence

    See also

    * crime * sin ----