committal vs criminal offense

committal and criminal offense both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
committal	Yes	No	No	No
criminal offense	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

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

committal (noun)	criminal offense (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