offense vs operation

operation vs offense

offense and operation both are nouns.

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

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

offense: the action of attacking an enemy
operation: activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)

Other hypernyms of offense include military operation.

offense (noun)	operation (noun)
the action of attacking an enemy	a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right	(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others	activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
a feeling of anger caused by being offended	a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score	a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
	a business especially one run on a large scale
	the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
	(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
	(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
	process or manner of functioning or operating
	the state of being in effect or being operative

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