dirty war vs offensive

offensive vs dirty war

dirty war and offensive both are nouns.

dirty war is not an adjective while offensive is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dirty war	Yes	No	No	No
offensive	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, offensive is a hypernym of dirty war; that is, offensive is a word with a broader meaning than dirty war:

dirty war: an offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victims
offensive: the action of attacking an enemy

Other hypernyms of dirty war include offence, offense.

dirty war (noun)	offensive (noun)
an offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victims	the action of attacking an enemy

dirty war (adjective)	offensive (adjective)
	unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
	causing anger or annoyance
	for the purpose of attack rather than defense
	morally offensive
	violating or tending to violate or offend against
	causing or able to cause nausea

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