drug dealer vs felon

drug dealer and felon both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drug dealer	Yes	No	No	No
felon	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, felon is a hypernym of drug dealer; that is, felon is a word with a broader meaning than drug dealer:

drug dealer: an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
felon: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Other hypernyms of drug dealer include criminal, crook, malefactor, outlaw, dealer.

drug dealer (noun)	felon (noun)
an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
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