criminal vs recidivist

recidivist vs criminal

criminal and recidivist both are nouns.

criminal is an adjective but recidivist is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, recidivist is a hyponym of criminal; that is, recidivist 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
recidivist: someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)

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, pusher, racketeer, raper, rapist, habitual criminal, repeater, scofflaw, contrabandist, moon-curser, moon curser, runner, smuggler, stealer, thief, traitor, treasonist, law offender, lawbreaker, violator.

criminal (noun)	recidivist (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
	someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)

criminal (adjective)	recidivist (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 recidivist

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