crook vs kidnapper

kidnapper vs crook

crook and kidnapper both are nouns.

crook is a verb but kidnapper is not a verb.

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

As nouns, kidnapper is a hyponym of crook; that is, kidnapper 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
kidnapper: 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, abductor, kidnaper, 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)	kidnapper (noun)
a long staff with one end being hook shaped	someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
a circular segment of a curve

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

Difference between crook and kidnapper

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