criminal offence vs British spelling

criminal offence and British spelling both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
criminal offence	Yes	No	No	No
British spelling	Yes	No	No	No

criminal offence (noun)	British spelling (noun)
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act	English orthography used in the UK, Ireland and most of the Commonwealth (characterized by 'analyse', 'centre' and 'useable')