offense vs transgression

offense

noun
  • A crime or sin. 

  • A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; contrasted with defense. 

  • An affront, injury, or insult. 

  • The portion of a team dedicated to scoring when in position to do so; contrasted with defense. 

  • The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure. 

transgression

noun
  • A violation of a law, duty or commandment. 

  • An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries. 

  • A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata. 

How often have the words offense and transgression occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )