defendant vs codefendant

defendant and codefendant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
defendant	Yes	No	No	No
codefendant	Yes	No	No	No

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

defendant: a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
codefendant: a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action

Other hyponyms of defendant include accused, co-defendant.

defendant (noun)	codefendant (noun)
a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused	a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action

defendant vs codefendant

defendant and codefendant both are nouns.

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