deviate vs child molester

child molester vs deviate

deviate and child molester both are nouns.

deviate is an adjective but child molester is not an adjective.

deviate is a verb but child molester is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deviate	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
child molester	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, child molester is a hyponym of deviate; that is, child molester is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than deviate:

deviate: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
child molester: a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner

Other hyponyms of deviate include fetishist, masochist, nympho, nymphomaniac, paederast, pederast, paedophile, pedophile, sadist, sadomasochist, lech, lecher, letch, satyr, bugger, sod, sodomist, sodomite.

deviate (noun)	child molester (noun)
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior	a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner

deviate (adjective)	child molester (adjective)
markedly different from an accepted norm

deviate (verb)	child molester (verb)
turn aside; turn away from
cause to turn away from a previous or expected course
be at variance with; be out of line with

Difference between deviate and child molester

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