future vs offing

future and offing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
future	Yes	Yes	No	No
offing	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of future include kingdom come, by-and-by, tomorrow, manana.

future (noun)	offing (noun)
bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date	the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area
a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future	the near or foreseeable future
the time yet to come

future (adjective)	offing (adjective)
yet to be or coming
a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened
(of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
effective in or looking toward the future