criminal vs tough

tough vs criminal

criminal and tough both are nouns.

criminal and tough both are adjectives.

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

As nouns, tough is a hyponym of criminal; that is, tough 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
tough: an aggressive and violent young criminal

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, 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, thief, traitor, treasonist, law offender, lawbreaker, violator.

criminal (noun)	tough (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	an aggressive and violent young criminal
	a cruel and brutal fellow
	someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

criminal (adjective)	tough (adjective)
guilty of crime or serious offense	resistant to cutting or chewing
involving or being or having the nature of a crime	physically toughened
bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure	not given to gentleness or sentimentality
	unfortunate or hard to bear
	substantially made or constructed
	feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
	violent and lawless
	very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
	making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

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