criminal vs incendiary

incendiary vs criminal

criminal and incendiary both are nouns.

criminal and incendiary both are adjectives.

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

As nouns, incendiary is a hyponym of criminal; that is, incendiary 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
incendiary: a criminal who illegally sets fire to property

Other hyponyms of criminal include accessary, accessory, arsonist, firebug, 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)	incendiary (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)
	a criminal who illegally sets fire to property

criminal (adjective)	incendiary (adjective)
guilty of crime or serious offense	involving deliberate burning of property
involving or being or having the nature of a crime	capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily
bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure	arousing to action or rebellion

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