criminal vs fugitive

fugitive vs criminal

criminal and fugitive both are nouns.

criminal and fugitive both are adjectives.

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

As nouns, fugitive is a hyponym of criminal; that is, fugitive 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
fugitive: someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice

Other hyponyms of criminal include accessary, accessory, arsonist, firebug, incendiary, blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist, bootlegger, moonshiner, briber, suborner, coconspirator, conspirator, machinator, plotter, desperado, desperate criminal, 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)	fugitive (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
	someone who flees from an uncongenial situation

criminal (adjective)	fugitive (adjective)
guilty of crime or serious offense	lasting for a markedly brief time
involving or being or having the nature of a crime
bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

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