Sexual vs Offensive - What's the difference?
sexual | offensive |
Of or relating to having sex, sexual acts and sexual reproduction.
Of or relating to gender.
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, title= Of or relating to sexuality; not asexual.
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Of or relating to sexual orientations, sexual identity or preferences with respect to sexual intercourse
(biology) A species which reproduces by sexual rather than asexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.
(LGBT) A person who experiences attraction, a person who has interest in or desire for sex (especially as contrasted with an asexual).
Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, or hatred.
Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive.
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, title= Having to do with play directed at scoring.
(countable, military) An attack.
(uncountable) The posture of attacking or being able to attack.
As nouns the difference between sexual and offensive
is that sexual is (biology) a species which reproduces by sexual rather than asexual reproduction, or a member of such a species while offensive is offensive (posture of attacking or being able to attack).As an adjective sexual
is of or relating to having sex, sexual acts and sexual reproduction.sexual
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Mark Tran
Denied an education by war, passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools
- We don't often think of Jesus as a sexual' person, but He certainly was not asexual. He was not just God on earth. He was fully human and He was ' sexual , single, and celibate.
Derived terms
* nonsexual * sexuality * sexualism * sexually * sexual politics * subsexualSee also
*Noun
(en noun)Antonyms
* (biology) asexual * (person) asexualExternal links
* * ----offensive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Ed Pilkington
‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told, passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.}}
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "offensive" is often applied: content, material, language, word, comment, remark, statement, speech, joke, humor, image, picture, art, behavior, conduct, act, action. * When the second syllable is emphasized, "offensive" is defined as "insulting". When the first syllable is emphasized, it refers to the attacker of a conflict or the team in a sport who possesses the ball.Synonyms
* aggressive * invidious (Intending to cause envious offense)Antonyms
* inoffensive (not causing offense or disgust ) * defensive (relating or causing defence )Derived terms
* offensivenessNoun
- The Marines today launched a major offensive .
- He took the offensive in the press, accusing his opponent of corruption.
