offense vs affront

offense and affront both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
offense	Yes	No	No	No
affront	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

offense: a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others
affront: a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect

Other hyponyms of offense include derision, ridicule, indelicacy, insolence, insult, presumption, rebuff, slight.

offense (noun)	affront (noun)
the action of attacking an enemy	a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right
a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others
a feeling of anger caused by being offended
the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score

offense (verb)	affront (verb)
	treat, mention, or speak to rudely