codefendant vs co-respondent

codefendant and co-respondent both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
codefendant	Yes	No	No	No
co-respondent	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, co-respondent is a hyponym of codefendant; that is, co-respondent is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than codefendant:

codefendant: a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action
co-respondent: the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding

Other hyponyms of codefendant include corespondent, respondent.

codefendant (noun)	co-respondent (noun)
a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action	the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding

codefendant vs co-respondent

codefendant and co-respondent both are nouns.

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