committal vs crime

committal and crime both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
committal	Yes	No	No	No
crime	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, crime is a hypernym of committal; that is, crime is a word with a broader meaning than committal:

committal: the act of committing a crime
crime: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act

Other hypernyms of committal include criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking.

committal (noun)	crime (noun)
the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)	(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
the act of committing a crime	an evil act not necessarily punishable by law