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Mocking vs Offending - What's the difference?

mocking | offending |

As verbs the difference between mocking and offending

is that mocking is while offending is .

As nouns the difference between mocking and offending

is that mocking is action of the verb to mock while offending is the act of committing an offence.

As an adjective mocking

is derisive or contemptuous.

mocking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • action of the verb to mock

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • derisive or contemptuous
  • teasing or taunting

    • Derived terms

    * mockingbird * mocking thrush * mocking wren

    offending

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of committing an offence.
  • * 2004 , Rebecca S. Shoemaker, The White Court: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy (page 249)
    • There are, besides, other corporations and individuals more or less connected in the activities of the other defendants, that are alleged to be instruments or accomplices in their activities and offendings