drug peddler vs felon

drug peddler and felon both are nouns.

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

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

drug peddler: 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 peddler include criminal, crook, malefactor, outlaw, dealer.

drug peddler (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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