Off vs. Rancid — What's the Difference?

Away from the place in question; to or at a distance

Having the disagreeable odor or taste of decomposing oils or fats; rank.

So as to be removed or separated

Repugnant; nasty

Starting a journey or race; leaving

Rank in taste or smell.

So as to bring to an end or be discontinued

Offensive.

(of an electrical appliance or power supply) not functioning or so as to cease to function

Having a rank smell or taste, from chemical change or decomposition; musty; as, rancid oil or butter.

Having access to or possession of material goods or wealth to the extent specified

Used of decomposing oils or fats;

(with preceding numeral) denoting a quantity produced at one time.

Smelling of fermentation or staleness

Moving away and often down from

Situated or leading in a direction away from (a main route or intersection)

So as to be removed or separated from

Having a temporary dislike of

Characterized by performing or feeling worse than usual; unsatisfactory or inadequate

(of food) no longer fresh

Located on the side of a vehicle that is normally furthest from the kerb; offside.

Annoying or unfair

Unfriendly or hostile

The half of the field (as divided lengthways through the pitch) towards which the batsman's feet are pointed when standing to receive the ball.

The start of a race, journey, or experience

Leave

Kill; murder

From a place or position

At a certain distance in space or time

From a given course or route; aside

Into a state of unconsciousness

So as to be no longer on, attached, or connected

So as to be divided

So as to be no longer continuing, operating, or functioning

So as to be completely removed, finished, or eliminated

So as to be in a state of sudden violent or loud activity

So as to be smaller, fewer, or less

So as to be away from or not engaged in work or duty

Offstage.

Distant or removed; farther

Remote; slim

Not on, attached, or connected

Not operating or operational

No longer taking place; canceled

Slack

Not up to standard; below a normal or satisfactory level

Not accurate; incorrect

Somewhat crazy; eccentric

Started on the way; going

Absent, away from, or not engaged in work or duty

Spent away from work or duty

Being on the right side of an animal or vehicle.

Being the animal or vehicle on the right.

(Nautical) Farthest from the shore; seaward.

(Sports) Toward or designating the side of the field facing the batsman in cricket.

Off-color.

So as to be removed or distant from

Away or relieved from

By consuming

With the means provided by

(Informal) From

Extending or branching out from

Not up to the usual standard of

So as to abstain from

(Nautical) To seaward of

To go away; leave

To murder.

In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.

Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.

So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.

(theatre) Offstage.

Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.

Inoperative, disabled.

Cancelled; not happening.

Not fitted; not being worn.

Rancid, rotten, gone bad.

Disgusting, repulsive, abhorrent.

Less than normal, in temperament or in result.

Inappropriate; untoward.

(in phrases such as 'well off', 'poorly off', etc., and in 'how?' questions) Circumstanced.

Started on the way.

Far; off to the side.

Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.

(in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.

Presently unavailable.

On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).

(cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.

Not positioned upon, or away from a position upon.

Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.

Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.

Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.

Removed or subtracted from.

No longer wanting or taking.

Out of the possession of.

Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineeringEngineering.

To kill.

To switch off.

(usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.) Beginning; starting point.

In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:

Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off.

Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation; as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like.

Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.

Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; as, to look off.

Denoting opposition or negation.

Away; begone; - a command to depart.

Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore.

On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot; in the United States, the right side; as, the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse or ox; the off leg.

Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from his post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent; as, he took an off day for fishing: an off year in politics.

Designating a time when one's performance is below normal; as, he had an off day.

The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.

Not in operation or operational;

Below a satisfactory level;

(of events) no longer planned or scheduled;

In an unpalatable state;

Not performing or scheduled for duties;

From a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete);

At a distance in space or time;

No longer on or in contact or attached;