drug trafficker vs felon

drug trafficker and felon both are nouns.

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

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

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

drug trafficker (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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