offense vs indelicacy

offense and indelicacy both are nouns.

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

As nouns, indelicacy is a hyponym of offense; that is, indelicacy 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
indelicacy: an impolite act or expression

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

offense (noun)	indelicacy (noun)
the action of attacking an enemy	an impolite act or expression
a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right	the trait of being indelicate and offensive
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