criminal vs pusher

pusher vs criminal

criminal and pusher both are nouns.

criminal is an adjective but pusher is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, pusher is a hyponym of criminal; that is, pusher 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
pusher: 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, peddler, 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)	pusher (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
	a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes
	someone who pushes
	an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
	one who intrudes or pushes himself forward

criminal (adjective)	pusher (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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