criminal vs highjacker

highjacker vs criminal

criminal and highjacker both are nouns.

criminal is an adjective but highjacker is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, highjacker is a hyponym of criminal; that is, highjacker 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
highjacker: someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination

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, 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)	highjacker (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
	someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination

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

Difference between criminal and highjacker

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