offense vs behaviour

behaviour vs offense

offense and behaviour both are nouns.

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

As nouns, behaviour is a hypernym of offense; that is, behaviour is a word with a broader meaning than offense:

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

Other hypernyms of offense include behavior, conduct, doings.

offense (noun)	behaviour (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 offense and behaviour

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