Mitigate vs. Offset

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  • Mitigate (verb)

    To reduce, lessen, or decrease.

  • Mitigate (verb)

    To downplay.

  • Offset (noun)

    Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.

    “Today’s victory was an offset to yesterday’s defeat.”

  • Offset (noun)

    A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.

  • Offset (noun)

    A time at which something begins; outset.

  • Offset (noun)

    The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.

    “offset lithographs”

    “offset process”

  • Offset (noun)

    The difference between a target memory address and a base address.

    “An array of bytes uses its index as the offset, of words a multiple thereof.”

  • Offset (noun)

    The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal’s real base level.

    “The raw signal data was subjected to a baseline correction process to subtract the sensor’s offset and drift variations.”

  • Offset (noun)

    The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.

    “There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.”

  • Offset (noun)

    A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.

  • Offset (noun)

    An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.

  • Offset (noun)

    A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.

  • Offset (noun)

    A spur from a range of hills or mountains.

  • Offset (noun)

    A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; a set-off.

  • Offset (noun)

    A terrace on a hillside.

  • Offset (verb)

    To compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.

    “I’ll offset the time difference locally.”

    “to offset one charge against another”

  • Offset (verb)

    To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).

Wiktionary
  • Mitigate (verb)

    make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful

    “drainage schemes have helped to mitigate this problem”

  • Mitigate (verb)

    lessen the gravity of (an offence or mistake)

    “there had been a provocation that mitigated the offence to a degree”

  • Offset (noun)

    a consideration or amount that diminishes or balances the effect of an opposite one

    “widow’s bereavement allowance is an offset against income”

  • Offset (noun)

    the amount or distance by which something is out of line

    “these wheels have an offset of four inches”

  • Offset (noun)

    a short distance measured perpendicularly from the main line of measurement.

  • Offset (noun)

    a small deviation or bias in a voltage or current

    “offset adjustment circuits”

  • Offset (noun)

    a side shoot from a plant serving for propagation

    “a present of tulip bulbs, offsets, and seeds for his garden”

  • Offset (noun)

    a spur in a mountain range.

  • Offset (noun)

    a sloping ledge in a wall or other feature where the thickness of the part above is diminished.

  • Offset (noun)

    a bend in a pipe to carry it past an obstacle

    “allow for any bend you need including offsets for connecting the downpipe”

  • Offset (noun)

    a method of printing in which ink is transferred from a plate or stone to a uniform rubber surface and from that to the paper

    “offset printing”

    “they produced banknotes by offset”

  • Offset (verb)

    counteract (something) by having an equal and opposite force or effect

    “his unfortunate appearance was offset by a compelling personality”

    “donations to charities can be offset against tax”

  • Offset (verb)

    place out of line

    “several places where the ridge was offset at right angles to its length”

  • Offset (verb)

    (of ink or a freshly printed page) transfer an impression to the next leaf or sheet

    “there was some offsetting on to text”

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