criminal vs habitual criminal

habitual criminal vs criminal

criminal and habitual criminal both are nouns.

criminal is an adjective but habitual criminal is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, habitual criminal is a hyponym of criminal; that is, habitual criminal 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
habitual criminal: someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)

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, 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, recidivist, repeater, scofflaw, contrabandist, moon-curser, moon curser, runner, smuggler, stealer, thief, traitor, treasonist, law offender, lawbreaker, violator.

criminal (noun)	habitual criminal (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)

criminal (adjective)	habitual 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

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