criminal offense vs treason

treason vs criminal offense

criminal offense and treason both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
criminal offense	Yes	No	No	No
treason	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, treason is a hyponym of criminal offense; that is, treason is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than criminal offense:

criminal offense: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
treason: a crime that undermines the offender's government

Other hyponyms of criminal offense include barratry, capital offense, cybercrime, felony, forgery, fraud, Had crime, highjack, hijack, mayhem, infraction, infringement, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation, commission, committal, perpetration, attack, attempt, Tazir crime, regulatory offence, regulatory offense, statutory offence, statutory offense, thuggery, high treason, lese majesty, vice crime, victimless crime, war crime.

criminal offense (noun)	treason (noun)
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act	a crime that undermines the offender's government
	an act of deliberate betrayal
	disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior

Difference between criminal offense and treason

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