criminal vs peddler

peddler vs criminal

criminal and peddler both are nouns.

criminal is an adjective but peddler is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, peddler is a hyponym of criminal; that is, peddler 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
peddler: an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs

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, 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)	peddler (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
	an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs

criminal (adjective)	peddler (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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