criminal vs murderer

murderer vs criminal

criminal and murderer both are nouns.

criminal is an adjective but murderer is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, murderer is a hyponym of criminal; that is, murderer 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
murderer: a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)

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, 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)	murderer (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)

criminal (adjective)	murderer (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 murderer

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