criminal vs accessary

accessary vs criminal

criminal and accessary both are nouns.

criminal and accessary both are adjectives.

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

As nouns, accessary is a hyponym of criminal; that is, accessary is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than criminal:

criminal: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
accessary: someone who helps another person commit a crime

Other hyponyms of criminal include accessory, arsonist, firebug, incendiary, blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist, bootlegger, moonshiner, briber, suborner, coconspirator, conspirator, machinator, plotter, desperado, desperate criminal, fugitive, fugitive from justice, gangster, mobster, highbinder, highjacker, hijacker, goon, hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie, gaolbird, jail bird, jailbird, abductor, kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher, mafioso, gangster's moll, gun moll, moll, liquidator, manslayer, murderer, parolee, probationer, drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, peddler, pusher, racketeer, raper, rapist, habitual criminal, recidivist, repeater, scofflaw, contrabandist, moon-curser, moon curser, runner, smuggler, stealer, thief, traitor, treasonist, law offender, lawbreaker, violator.

criminal (noun)	accessary (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	someone who helps another person commit a crime

criminal (adjective)	accessary (adjective)
guilty of crime or serious offense	aiding and abetting in a crime
involving or being or having the nature of a crime
bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

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