criminal vs thief

thief vs criminal

criminal and thief both are nouns.

criminal is an adjective but thief is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, thief is a hyponym of criminal; that is, thief 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
thief: a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

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, recidivist, repeater, scofflaw, contrabandist, moon-curser, moon curser, runner, smuggler, stealer, traitor, treasonist, law offender, lawbreaker, violator.

criminal (noun)	thief (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

criminal (adjective)	thief (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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