take off vs set off

take off and set off both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
take off	No	No	Yes	No
set off	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, take off and set off are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of take off include depart, part, set forth, set out, start, start out.

As verbs, set off is a hypernym of take off; that is, set off is a word with a broader meaning than take off:

Other hypernyms of take off include depart, part, set forth, set out, start, start out, take off.

take off (verb)	set off (verb)
remove clothes or shoes	cause to burst with a violent release of energy
take away	set in motion or cause to begin
make a subtraction	direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
prove fatal	provoke or stir up
mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner	put in motion or move to act
depart for someplace	depart for someplace
get started or set in motion, used figuratively	make up for
depart from the ground
take time off from work; stop working temporarily