What's the difference between dislike and offend?

Dislike


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish.
  • (v. t.) To awaken dislike in; to displease.
  • (n.) A feeling of positive and usually permanent aversion to something unpleasant, uncongenial, or offensive; disapprobation; repugnance; displeasure; disfavor; -- the opposite of liking or fondness.
  • (n.) Discord; dissension.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It created a very ugly atmosphere in society – as I was growing up in politics, I disliked the hypocrisy where people had to conceal their own identity.
  • (2) Other measures to promote justice and co-operation against criminals who pay no attention to European frontiers are also being thrown out of the window as May enters the cabinet "EU exit competition" – apparently to see which minister can parade his or her dislike of the EU the most.
  • (3) If you actively dislike nature, you're more likely to build a car park on it.
  • (4) For mothers, disliking the treatment was related to family members seeking further treatment.
  • (5) They were on the whole satisfied with antenatal classes (there seemed to be a need for more information in the form of an on-the-ward postnatal class), disliked the practice of perineal shaves (but did not object to enemas or rupture of membranes) and felt they had adequate analgesia (although not for after-pains or the discomfort of haemorrhoids in the puerperium).
  • (6) It has been very easy for people to call for a ban, she says, "but I think you should stand up for choices that you wouldn't necessarily choose for yourself, or that you even dislike.
  • (7) During the first Republican presidential debate, Kelly questioned whether Trump had the temperament for the job, given that he had called women he disliked “fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals” in the past.
  • (8) Responses relating to sexuality image and contraceptive attitudes indicate that a greater proportion of the terminators dislike an internal IUD self string check, hold a more pro-pregnancy attitude, do not feel dependent on the availability of contraceptives, and currently utilize the less effective contraceptive methods.
  • (9) Almost two-thirds of voters disliked the tone of the immigration debate during the Brexit referendum campaign, a report has found, including a majority of leave voters and Ukip supporters.
  • (10) And if there is some patronising note in your question about that glossed-over quality of many other American films then I would say: I dislike that, too.
  • (11) Boosted by two letters in yesterday's Financial Times signed by more than 60 economists endorsing the government's decision to delay spending cuts until next year, Brown said yesterday: "Conservative dislike of government, bordering on hatred of government action, would risk recovery now."
  • (12) With her background in radio, news and current affairs her supporters say she realises that if she wants to be director general she needs more populist programming and the "shiny floor experience" that the Vision post would bring - but she dislikes exposure so much it is not obvious she would enjoy the public pressures of the top job.
  • (13) That is why – despite my instinctive dislike of high marginal tax rates – I have stuck with the 50p tax.
  • (14) The candidates, he said, were angry with the party for allowing the debates to take place in a way that they dislike – both in terms of the moderators, and in terms of sheer length.
  • (15) It wasn't like he disliked Canada , or anything, for all that he chose to live elsewhere, and for so long.
  • (16) Allen may be reaping the reward of keeping non-Italian press out of the first screenings (the version released in Italy has a dubbed dialogue track, which Allen is known to dislike) as he tends to get a better response from non-native critics, who are less attentive to implausible details.
  • (17) More Asian patients disliked management of illness by telephone than non-Asian patients, the latter feeling that telephone advice could save them a trip to the surgery, or their general practitioner a home visit.
  • (18) The likes and dislikes of the target children were cross-tabulated with those of their mothers, fathers, and siblings, and phi-statistics were computed for the child-mother, child-father and child-sibling pairs as measures of similarity in food preferences.
  • (19) Although the House of Commons can occasionally veto a ministerial initiative it dislikes – witness the Syrian vote – it almost never does.
  • (20) "Even though I dislike intensely a lot of the habits of the nasty bits of Fleet Street, one should not by any means confine those [critcisms] just to the papers controlled by Rupert Murdoch.

Offend


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To strike against; to attack; to assail.
  • (v. t.) To displease; to make angry; to affront.
  • (v. t.) To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.
  • (v. t.) To transgress; to violate; to sin against.
  • (v. t.) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Existing mental health and criminal justice systems provide social control for some of these dangerous individuals, but may be inadequate to deal with those mentally disordered offenders who were not found not guilty by reason of insanity (NGI).
  • (2) But, in a sign of tension within the coalition government, the Liberal Democrats home affairs spokesman, Tom Brake, told BBC2's Newsnight that "if [the offenders in question] had committed the same offence the day before the riots, they would not have received a sentence of that nature".
  • (3) 2) Trebling of alcohol treatment places to match the expansion in drug treatment, and US-style street pastor teams using vetted ex-offenders to reach disaffected young people.
  • (4) The bench rejected the petition seeking prosecution for offending Hindus, saying it was a work of art and citing India's tradition of graphic sexual iconography.
  • (5) On Wednesday night the owner of the restaurant that held the fundraiser said the offending menu had not been displayed publicly.
  • (6) Driving-under-the-influence (DUI) offenders with either alcohol- or cocaine-related problems were studied.
  • (7) The highly critical report brought an immediate response from Michael Spurr, the chief executive of the National Offender Management Service, who said the jail would receive the support it needed to build on its recent progress.
  • (8) But there is one hitch: the four-storey building in Hammersmith is already home to more than 20 voluntary groups working with refugees, the homeless, former young offenders and a range of ethnic minorities including Kurds, Iranians and Iraqis – and they will have to move.
  • (9) In a submission to a House of Lords EU subcommittee , it said: "Most of the stakeholders consulted believe that opting out of this and relying on alternative arrangements would result in fewer extraditions, longer delays, higher costs, more offenders evading justice and increased risk to public safety."
  • (10) The number of suspected or known offenders has doubled in three years to 1,139 in 2016.
  • (11) Therefore, the authors present an update of the changing conceptualizations regarding the offenders and their victims.
  • (12) The authors favor conservative treatment of tennis elbow, starting with cessation of the offending activity and prescription of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) and followed by isometric and isotonic exercises when pain and inflammation have subsided.
  • (13) The joint report also highlights the fact that bad behaviour by inmates on the prison wings is seen as a security issue rather than something that needs to be addressed by the offender management unit.
  • (14) But I just felt like strangling him.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest America’s most segregated city: the young black voters of Milwaukee There was the barber in Milwaukee, a city reeling from a succession of police shootings of black men, offended by Trump’s claim African Americans like him have “nothing to lose”.
  • (15) The offending organism was gram-negative in one third of these abscesses.
  • (16) In our highly medicated society, correctly identifying the offending medication is often difficult.
  • (17) These findings suggest that judges may perceive of and sentence repeat offenders differently than first-time offenders, regardless of the level of intoxication at arrest.
  • (18) Should workers compensation be extended to provide disability benefits when the aggravating stimuli are ubiquitous, when the employment relationship was brief, when separation from the offending stimuli ends symptoms, or when hyperreactivity can be medically managed?
  • (19) A spokesperson for the PPS's office in Belfast said: "Based on the initial evidence the specified prosecutor in this case had concluded that the assisting offender had knowingly breached his agreement under section 73 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 and that it was in the interest of justice that the case should be referred back to the original sentencing court.
  • (20) She said: “Begging can cause considerable concern to residents, workers and visitors, particularly those who feel intimidated by this activity.” In Merseyside, Ch Insp Mark Morgan insisted his force did not prosecute vulnerable people unless they were aggressive, repeat offenders who had failed to engage in offers of support.