extortioner vs criminal

criminal vs extortioner

extortioner and criminal both are nouns.

extortioner is not an adjective while criminal is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
extortioner	Yes	No	No	No
criminal	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, criminal is a hypernym of extortioner; that is, criminal is a word with a broader meaning than extortioner:

extortioner: a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
criminal: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Other hypernyms of extortioner include crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw.

extortioner (noun)	criminal (noun)
a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

extortioner (adjective)	criminal (adjective)
	guilty of crime or serious offense
	involving or being or having the nature of a crime
	bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

Difference between extortioner and criminal

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