extortionist vs criminal

criminal vs extortionist

extortionist and criminal both are nouns.

extortionist is not an adjective while criminal is an adjective.

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

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

extortionist: 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 extortionist include crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw.

extortionist (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

extortionist (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 extortionist and criminal

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