conspirator vs criminal

conspirator and criminal both are nouns.

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

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

conspirator: a member of a conspiracy
criminal: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

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

conspirator (noun)	criminal (noun)
a member of a conspiracy	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

conspirator (adjective)	criminal (adjective)
	guilty of crime or serious offense
	involving or being or having the nature of a crime
	bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure