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Offense vs Folkstyle - What's the difference?

offense | folkstyle |

As a verb offense

is .

As an adjective folkstyle is

(us|sports) being a style of amateur wrestling practised at collegiate and university level in the united states; the ultimate goal is to pin the opponent to the mat, and the legs can be used in offense and defense.

offense

English

(wikipedia 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

    Related terms

    * offensive * offend * offender

    See also

    * crime * sin ----

    folkstyle

    English

    Adjective

    (-) (wikipedia folkstyle)
  • (US, sports) Being a style of amateur wrestling practised at collegiate and university level in the United States; the ultimate goal is to pin the opponent to the mat, and the legs can be used in offense and defense.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=May 3, author=The Associated Press, title=A U.S. College Wrestler Sees a World of Possibility, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=But there are differences in the scoring and technique between the folkstyle wrestling in college, and the freestyle at the Olympics and the world championships. }}