List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 268

SYNONYMS: offense, crime, sin, error.
These nouns are related in denoting a violation or an infraction of a moral, social, or legal code.

Offense applies most broadly: The phrase between you and I is often considered an offense against proper usage. Juveniles convicted of criminal offenses are sent to reformatories.
Crime refers both to an act committed or omitted in violation of---and punishable by---law and to a serious or grave offense: These crimes shall be punished; treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanor.
A sin is a transgression of religious or moral law; more loosely it applies to something regarded as being utterly wrong: The sins of the fathers are to be laid upon the children.
Error is departure from what is morally right; the term often suggests bad judgment or lack of awareness rather than willful violation: All men are liable to error; and most men are under temptation to it.