incipiency vs offset

incipiency and offset both are nouns.

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

As nouns, offset is a hypernym of incipiency; that is, offset is a word with a broader meaning than incipiency:

Other hypernyms of incipiency include beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, outset, showtime, start, starting time.

incipiency (noun)	offset (noun)
beginning to exist or to be apparent	structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
	a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
	a natural consequence of development
	a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
	a compensating equivalent
	the time at which something is supposed to begin

incipiency (verb)	offset (verb)
	produce by offset printing
	create an offset in
	cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
	make up for
	compensate for or counterbalance