offense vs derision

offense and derision both are nouns.

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

As nouns, derision is a hyponym of offense; that is, derision 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
derision: the act of deriding or treating with contempt

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

offense (noun)	derision (noun)
the action of attacking an enemy	the act of deriding or treating with contempt
a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right	contemptuous laughter
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