assault vs sex offense

sex offense vs assault

assault and sex offense both are nouns.

assault is a verb but sex offense is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
assault	Yes	No	Yes	No
sex offense	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sex offense is a hypernym of assault; that is, sex offense is a word with a broader meaning than assault:

assault: the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
sex offense: a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat

Other hypernyms of assault include sex crime, sexual abuse, sexual assault.

assault (noun)	sex offense (noun)
close fighting during the culmination of a military attack	a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat
a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will

assault (verb)	sex offense (verb)
attack in speech or writing
attack someone physically or emotionally
force (someone) to have sex against their will

Difference between assault and sex offense

Words related to "sex offense"

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