accessary vs criminal

accessary and criminal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
accessary	Yes	Yes	No	No
criminal	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, criminal is a hypernym of accessary; that is, criminal is a word with a broader meaning than accessary:

accessary: someone who helps another person commit a crime
criminal: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Other hypernyms of accessary include crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw.

accessary (noun)	criminal (noun)
someone who helps another person commit a crime	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

accessary (adjective)	criminal (adjective)
aiding and abetting in a crime	guilty of crime or serious offense
	involving or being or having the nature of a crime
	bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure