different between tactics vs offense

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tækt?ks/
• Hyphenation: tac?tics

Noun

tactics

1. plural of tactic

Noun

tactics (uncountable)

1. (military) The military science that deals with achieving the objectives set by strategy.
2. (military) The employment and ordered arrangement of forces in relation to each other.

Derived terms

• military tactics
• tactical

Translations

References

English

Alternative forms

• (British, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand standard spelling) offence

Etymology

From Middle English offence, from Old French offense, from Latin offensa (“a striking against; displeasure; injury”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??f?ns/
• (team sports senses, especially in the U.S.): IPA^(key): /??f.?ns/, /??f.?ns/)
• Hyphenation: of?fense
• Rhymes: -?ns

Noun

offense (countable and uncountable, plural offenses) (American spelling)

1. The act of offending:
   1. a crime or sin
   2. an affront, insult or injury.
      • 1680, John Dryden, Ovid's Epistles

        I have ventured to give my opinion on this subject against the authority of two great men, but I hope without offence either to their memories.

2. The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
3. (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; contrasted with defense.
4. (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to scoring when in position to do so; contrasted with defense.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:offense

Antonyms

• defense (US), defence (Commonwealth)

Derived terms

Related terms

• offensive
• offend
• offender

Translations

See also

• crime
• sin

Anagrams

• seen off

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.f??s/

Verb

offense

1. first-person singular present indicative of offenser
2. third-person singular present indicative of offenser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of offenser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of offenser
5. second-person singular imperative of offenser

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /of?fen.se/, [?f?f??s??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /of?fen.se/, [?f?f?ns?]

Adjective

off?nse

1. vocative masculine singular of off?nsus