briber vs felon

briber and felon both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
briber	Yes	No	No	No
felon	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, felon is a hypernym of briber; that is, felon is a word with a broader meaning than briber:

briber: someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act
felon: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Other hypernyms of briber include criminal, crook, malefactor, outlaw.

briber (noun)	felon (noun)
someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
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