deviate vs miscreant

deviate and miscreant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deviate	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
miscreant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, miscreant is a hypernym of deviate; that is, miscreant is a word with a broader meaning than deviate:

deviate: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
miscreant: a person without moral scruples

Other hypernyms of deviate include reprobate.

deviate (noun)	miscreant (noun)
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior	a person without moral scruples

deviate (adjective)	miscreant (adjective)
markedly different from an accepted norm

deviate (verb)	miscreant (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