offense vs ridicule

offense and ridicule both are nouns.

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

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

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

offense (noun)	ridicule (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	language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
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)	ridicule (verb)
	subject to laughter or ridicule