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Offset vs Town - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between offset and town

is that offset is anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent while town is a settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city.

As a verb offset

is to compensate for something.

offset

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
  • Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.
  • (international trade) A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.
  • A time at which something begins; outset.
  • A printing method, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
  • (programming) The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
  • An array of bytes uses its index as the offset , of words a multiple thereof.
  • (signal analysis) The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.
  • The raw signal data was subjected to a baseline correction process to subtract the sensor's offset and drift variations.
  • The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
  • There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing .
  • (surveying) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
  • An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.
  • (botany) A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
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  • A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
  • (architecture) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; a set-off.
  • Verb

  • To compensate for something.
  • I'll offset the time difference locally.
    to offset one charge against another
  • To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).
  • See also

    * onset

    Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs ----

    town

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia town) (en noun)
  • A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city.
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  • , volume=188, issue=22, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) citation , passage=As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field. In Paris 22 hectares of roof have been planted, out of a potential total of 80 hectares.}}
  • Any more urbanized center than the place of reference.
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  • A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
  • The residents (as opposed to (gown): the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
  • (label) (Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion).
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  • (label) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
  • (label) An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor.
  • (label) The whole of the land which constituted the domain.
  • (label) A collection of houses enclosed by fences or walls.
  • (Palsgrave)
  • A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
  • Usage notes

    An urban city is typically larger than a rural town, which in turn is typically larger than a village. In rural areas, a town'' is considered urban. In urban areas, a ''town is considered suburban; a village in the suburbs.

    Derived terms

    * boom town/boomtown * company town * county town * cow town * cross town/cross-town/crosstown * downtown * ghost town * go to town * hometown * in town * jerkwater town * man about town * market town * new town * on the town * one-horse town * only game in town * out of town * paint the town red * post town * satellite town * shanty town * shire town * skip town * small-town * talk of the town * toast of the town * town and gown * town ball * town car * town center/town centre * town-crier * townee * towner * town gas * town hall/townhall * town house/townhouse * townhome * townie * townland * townless * townlet * town planning * townsfolk * township * townsman * town square * town twinning * townwide * twin town * uptown * (town)

    See also

    * urban * suburban * rural

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