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offensive activity vs affront

affront vs offensive activity

offensive activity and affront both are nouns.

offensive activity is not a verb while affront is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
offensive activity Yes No No No
affront Yes No Yes No
As nouns, affront is a hyponym of offensive activity; that is, affront is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than offensive activity:
  • offensive activity: a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others
  • affront: a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
Other hyponyms of offensive activity include derision, ridicule, indelicacy, insolence, insult, presumption, rebuff, slight.
offensive activity (noun) affront (noun)
a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
offensive activity (verb) affront (verb)
treat, mention, or speak to rudely
Difference between offensive activity and affront

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