Offend vs Off - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between offend and off

is that offend is To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult while off is to kill.

As an adverb off is

in a direction away from the speaker or object.

As an adjective off is

inoperative, disabled.

As a preposition off is

Used to indicate movement away from a position on

offend
English

Verb
(en verb)
(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.

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(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,

"If any man offend not (stumbles not, is not tripped up) in word, the same is a perfect man."

* New Testament'', Matthew 5:29 (''Sermon on the Mount ),

"If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out."

Quotations
* (English Citations of "offend")
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* offendedly * offendedness * offender * reoffend
Related terms
* offense * offensive * defend * fend
External links
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off
English

Adverb
(en adverb)
In a direction away from the speaker or object.

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Into a state of non-operation; into a state of non-existence.

Usage notes
* Used in many , off'' is an adverbial particle often mistakenly thought of as a preposition. (It ''can be used as a preposition, but such usage is rare and usually informal; see below.)
Synonyms
* away, out
Antonyms
* on, in
Derived terms
* back off * bite off * break off * bring off * call off * clean off * cut off, cutoff * die off * drop off * fall off * fuck off * get off * go off * goof off * hold off * keep off * kick off, kickoff * knock off * lay off, layoff * leave off * let off * light off * live off * make off * make off with * nod off * pay off, payoff * piss off * pull off * put off * ring off * rip off, ripoff * round off * run off, runoff * see off * set off * show off, showoff * sleep off * shake off * switch off * take off * tell off * tick off * turn off, turnoff * walk it off * wear off
Adjective
(en adjective)
Inoperative, disabled.

:All the lights are off .

Rancid, rotten.

:This milk is off !

(cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.

Less than normal, in temperament or in result.

:sales are off this quarter

Circumstanced (as in well off'', ''better off'', ''poorly off ).

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Started on the way.

:off to see the wizard

:And they're off ! Whatsmyname takes an early lead, with Remember The Mane behind by a nose.

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Far; off to the side.

:the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse

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*:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

*1937 , (Zora Neale Hurston), Their Eyes Were Watching God , Harper Perennial (2000), p.151:

*:He came in, took a look and squinched down into a chair in an off corner and didn’t open his mouth.

Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.

:He took an off''' day for fishing. an '''off''' year in politics; the '''off season

Antonyms
* (inoperative) on * (rotten) fresh * (cricket) on, leg
Derived terms
* off to the races
Preposition
(English prepositions)
(Used to indicate movement away from a position on)

I took it off''' the table.''; ''Come '''off the roof!

(colloquial) Out of the possession of.

He didn't buy it off''' him. He stole it '''off him.

Away from or not on.

He's off''' the computer, but he's still on the phone.''; ''Keep '''off the grass.

Disconnected or subtracted from.

We've been off''' the grid for three days now.''; ''He took 20% '''off the list price.

Distant from.

We're just off''' the main road.''; ''The island is 23 miles ' off the cape.

No longer wanting or taking.

He's been off''' his feed since Tuesday.''; ''He's '''off his meds again.

Tantalum bar 6 off 3/8" Dia × 12" — Atom, Great Britain Atomic Energy Authority, 1972

samples submitted … 12 off Thermistors type 1K3A531 … — BSI test report for shock and vibration testing, 2000

I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-off .

Antonyms
*
Derived terms
* off-campus * off one's feed
Verb
(en verb)
(slang) To kill.

He got in the way so I had him offed .

(Singapore) To switch off.

Can you off the light?

Derived terms
* off-licence, off-license, offie, offy
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