offense vs squad

offense and squad both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of offense include team.

offense (noun)	squad (noun)
the action of attacking an enemy	a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right	a smallest army unit
a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others	a small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime
a feeling of anger caused by being offended
the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score