Transgression vs Offense - What's the difference?
transgression | offense |
A violation of a law, command or duty
An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries
A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
(en noun) (US)
The act of offending:
# a crime or sin
#* {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
, title=Internal Combustion
, chapter=2 # an affront, insult or injury.
#* Dryden
The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
) A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; ''contrasted with defense.
) The portion of a team dedicated to scoring when in position to do so; ''contrasted with defense.
As nouns the difference between transgression and offense
is that transgression is a violation of a law, command or duty while offense is the act of offending.transgression
English
(wikipedia transgression)Noun
(en noun)offense
English
(wikipedia offense)Alternative forms
* (British standard spelling) offenceNoun
citation, passage=The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.}}
- I have given my opinion against the authority of two great men, but I hope without offence to their memories.