printing vs offset

offset vs printing

printing and offset both are nouns.

printing is not a verb while offset is a verb.

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

As nouns, offset is a hyponym of printing; that is, offset is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than printing:

printing: reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication
offset: a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper

Other hyponyms of printing include composition, typography, letterpress, relief printing, gravure, intaglio, intaglio printing, process printing, planographic printing, planography, offset printing, carbon process, oleography.

printing (noun)	offset (noun)
the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution	structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication	a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
text handwritten in the style of printed matter	a natural consequence of development
all the copies of a work printed at one time	a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
	a compensating equivalent
	the time at which something is supposed to begin

printing (verb)	offset (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

Difference between printing and offset

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