balance vs offset

offset vs balance

balance and offset both are nouns.

balance and offset both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
balance	Yes	No	Yes	No
offset	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, offset is a hyponym of balance; that is, offset is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than balance:

balance: bring into balance or equilibrium
offset: make up for

Other hyponyms of balance include complement, compensate, correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up, cancel, set off, countervail, trim.

balance (noun)	offset (noun)
a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity	structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
a weight that balances another weight	a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat	a natural consequence of development
harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)	a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane	a compensating equivalent
equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account	the time at which something is supposed to begin
the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
something left after other parts have been taken away
equality of distribution
a state of equilibrium

balance (verb)	offset (verb)
hold or carry in equilibrium	produce by offset printing
compute credits and debits of an account	create an offset in
bring into balance or equilibrium	cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
be in equilibrium	make up for
	compensate for or counterbalance

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