choler vs offense

offense vs choler

choler and offense both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
choler	Yes	No	No	No
offense	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, offense is a hyponym of choler; that is, offense is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than choler:

choler: a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
offense: a feeling of anger caused by being offended

Other hyponyms of choler include fury, madness, rage, enragement, infuriation, offence, umbrage, indignation, outrage, huffiness, dander, hackles, bad temper, ill temper, annoyance, chafe, vexation.

choler (noun)	offense (noun)
a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger	the action of attacking an enemy
a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance	a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right
an irritable petulant feeling	a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others
	a feeling of anger caused by being offended
	the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score

Difference between choler and offense

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