Difference between Offensive and Insulting

OFFENSIVE vs INSULTING: NOUN

An attitude or position of attack.
A physical or military attack or assault.
The action of attacking an enemy
The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; -- opposed to defensive.
To be the attacking party; to initiate hostilities.
An attack.
The posture of attacking or being able to attack.
With the definite article: An aggressive attitude or course of operations; a posture of attack: as, to act on or assume the offensive.

Making a physical or military attack.
Of, relating to, or designed for attack.
Of or relating to a team having possession of a ball or puck.
Causing anger, displeasure, or resentment.
Causing or able to cause nausea
Morally offensive
Of an offensive substitute for inoffensive terminology
Violating or tending to violate or offend against
Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying.
Disagreeable to the senses.
Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to defensive
A leaque that requires all the parties to it to make war together against any foe, and to defend one another if attacked.
Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, or hatred.
Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive.
Having to do with play directed at scoring.
For the purpose of attack rather than defense
Causing anger or annoyance
Substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one
Unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious

Serving to offend, assail, or attack; used in attack: opposed to defensive: as, offensive weapons.
Consisting in or proceeding by attack; assailant; invading; aggressive: opposed to defensive.
Serving to injure; injurious.
Causing or giving offense; fitted or intended to offend or give displeasure; provocative of displeasure; insulting; annoying; displeasing: as, an offensive remark; offensive behavior.
Disgusting; disagreeable; giving pain or unpleasant sensations: as, an offensive smell.

Disgusting, Obnoxious, Abusive, Abhorrent, Horrid, Foul, Distasteful, Obscene, Assault, Vile, Objectionable, Insulting, Attacking, Attack, Offense

Impugning, Disgraceful, Offended, Rude, Vulgar, Derogatory, Demeaning, Offensive, Disdainful, Opprobrious, Scornful, Abusive, Scurrilous, Contemptuous, Disrespectful

Disgusting, Obnoxious, Abusive, Abhorrent, Horrid, Foul, Distasteful, Obscene, Assault, Vile, Objectionable, Insulting, Attacking, Attack, Offense

Impugning, Disgraceful, Offended, Rude, Vulgar, Derogatory, Demeaning, Offensive, Disdainful, Opprobrious, Scornful, Abusive, Scurrilous, Contemptuous, Disrespectful

When a player on the offensive team grabs an offensive rebound and then immediately scores a field goal in the paint.
One is geared towards offensive security and the other is both offensive and defensive.
That is, some say the symbol is not offensive if not intended to be offensive.
Viper Offensive Line Coach Jonathan Himebauch has a strong history of getting the most out of his offensive lines.
Just as the fight against terrorism requires a mixture of offensive and defensive measures, election security also needs to include an offensive component.
We disallow them if they have been offensive elsewhere, or if their offensive teachings are available online.
If you do not feel it is offensive, what would make it offensive and why?
Never a gifted offensive player, Pippen eventually turned himself into an offensive weapon utilizing his unbelievable athleticism and length.
Apart from being offensive to an individual, the law requires that a reasonable person also finds it offensive.
The B Gap is the space, or split, between the offensive guards and offensive tackles on either side of the offensive line.

Turkish Group Accuses German Paper of Insulting Islam.
Camilla says several more insulting things and leaves.
This has quite an insulting feel to it.
What a rude and insulting proposition that is.
It feels artificial, and sometimes a bit insulting.
The Republicans, in their turn, considered this insulting.
It was insulting to the industry and insulting to the workers it employs.
INSULTING, DEFAMATORY, OR OBSCENE LANGUAGEMembers of the department shall not use insulting, defamatory or obscenelanguage in the performance of their duties.
Drop all prosecutions and investigations for insulting speech and establish a clear policy that insulting someone, in itself, is never a criminal offense.
Throughout the year the government arrested several individuals on charges such as insulting the emir, insulting leaders of neighboring countries, or insulting the judiciary.

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