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water vs offing

offing vs water

water and offing both are nouns.

water is a verb but offing is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
water Yes No Yes No
offing Yes No No No
As nouns, offing is a hyponym of water; that is, offing is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than water:
  • water: the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
  • offing: the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area
Other hyponyms of water include backwater, bay, embayment, channel, drink, estuary, flowage, crossing, ford, gulf, high sea, international waters, inlet, recess, lake, briny, main, mid-water, ocean, polynya, pool, puddle, sea, seven seas, shallow, shoal, sound, stream, watercourse, territorial waters, falls, waterfall, waterway.
water (noun) offing (noun)
a facility that provides a source of water the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area
a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants the near or foreseeable future
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
liquid excretory product
once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour phlegm
water (verb) offing (verb)
secrete or form water, as tears or saliva
supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
fill with tears
provide with water
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