offence vs behavior

behavior vs offence

offence and behavior both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
offence	Yes	No	No	No
behavior	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, behavior is a hypernym of offence; that is, behavior is a word with a broader meaning than offence:

offence: a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others
behavior: manner of acting or controlling yourself

Other hypernyms of offence include behaviour, conduct, doings.

offence (noun)	behavior (noun)
the action of attacking an enemy	manner of acting or controlling yourself
a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right	(psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation
a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others	(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
a feeling of anger caused by being offended	the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances
the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score

Difference between offence and behavior

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