felon vs accessary

accessary vs felon

felon and accessary both are nouns.

felon is not an adjective while accessary is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
felon	Yes	No	No	No
accessary	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, accessary is a hyponym of felon; that is, accessary is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than felon:

felon: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
accessary: someone who helps another person commit a crime

Other hyponyms of felon include accessory, arsonist, firebug, incendiary, blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist, bootlegger, moonshiner, briber, suborner, coconspirator, conspirator, machinator, plotter, desperado, desperate criminal, fugitive, fugitive from justice, gangster, mobster, highbinder, highjacker, hijacker, goon, hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie, gaolbird, jail bird, jailbird, abductor, kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher, mafioso, gangster's moll, gun moll, moll, liquidator, manslayer, murderer, parolee, probationer, drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, peddler, pusher, racketeer, raper, rapist, habitual criminal, recidivist, repeater, scofflaw, contrabandist, moon-curser, moon curser, runner, smuggler, stealer, thief, traitor, treasonist, law offender, lawbreaker, violator.

felon (noun)	accessary (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	someone who helps another person commit a crime
a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail

felon (adjective)	accessary (adjective)
	aiding and abetting in a crime

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