crook vs abductor

abductor vs crook

crook and abductor both are nouns.

crook is a verb but abductor is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
crook	Yes	No	Yes	No
abductor	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, abductor is a hyponym of crook; that is, abductor is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than crook:

crook: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
abductor: someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)

Other hyponyms of crook 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, 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.

crook (noun)	abductor (noun)
a long staff with one end being hook shaped	a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
a circular segment of a curve

crook (verb)	abductor (verb)
bend or cause to bend

Difference between crook and abductor

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