crime vs transgression

transgression vs crime

crime and transgression both are nouns.

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

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

crime: an evil act not necessarily punishable by law
transgression: the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle

Other hypernyms of crime include evildoing.

crime (noun)	transgression (noun)
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act	the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
an evil act not necessarily punishable by law	the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit
	the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata

Difference between crime and transgression

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