criminal vs desperado

desperado vs criminal

criminal and desperado both are nouns.

criminal is an adjective but desperado is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, desperado is a hyponym of criminal; that is, desperado 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
desperado: a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)

Other hyponyms of criminal include accessary, accessory, arsonist, firebug, incendiary, blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist, bootlegger, moonshiner, briber, suborner, coconspirator, conspirator, machinator, plotter, 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)	desperado (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)

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

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