Offense vs Contravention - What's the difference?
offense | contravention |
(en noun) (US)
The act of offending:
# a crime or sin
#* {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
, title=Internal Combustion
, chapter=2 # an affront, insult or injury.
#* Dryden
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.
The act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement.
As a verb offense
is .As a noun contravention is
the act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement.offense
English
(wikipedia offense)Alternative forms
* (British standard spelling) offenceNoun
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.}}
- I have given my opinion against the authority of two great men, but I hope without offence to their memories.
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* defense (US), defence (Commonwealth)Derived terms
* hanging offense, hanging offence * indictable offense, indictable offence * summary offense, summary offence * regulatory offense, regulatory offenceSee also
* crime * sin ----contravention
English
Noun
(en noun)- Their contravention of the treaty increased international tensions.