offset vs construction

construction vs offset

offset and construction both are nouns.

offset is a verb but construction is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
offset	Yes	No	Yes	No
construction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, construction is a hypernym of offset; that is, construction is a word with a broader meaning than offset:

offset: structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
construction: a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

Other hypernyms of offset include structure.

offset (noun)	construction (noun)
structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly	the act of constructing something
a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper	the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
a natural consequence of development	drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips	a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
a compensating equivalent	the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
the time at which something is supposed to begin	an interpretation of a text or action
	a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

offset (verb)	construction (verb)
produce by offset printing
create an offset in
cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
make up for
compensate for or counterbalance

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