offside vs mistake

mistake vs offside

offside and mistake both are nouns.

offside is an adjective but mistake is not an adjective.

offside is not a verb while mistake is a verb.

offside is an adverb but mistake is not an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
offside	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
mistake	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, mistake is a hypernym of offside; that is, mistake is a word with a broader meaning than offside:

offside: (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.)
mistake: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

Other hypernyms of offside include error, fault.

offside (noun)	mistake (noun)
(sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.)	a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
	an understanding of something that is not correct
	part of a statement that is not correct

offside (adjective)	mistake (adjective)
illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck

offside (verb)	mistake (verb)
	to make a mistake or be incorrect
	identify incorrectly

offside (adverb)	mistake (adverb)
illegally in advance of the ball or puck

Difference between offside and mistake

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