felon vs fugitive

fugitive vs felon

felon and fugitive both are nouns.

felon is not an adjective while fugitive is an adjective.

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

As nouns, fugitive is a hyponym of felon; that is, fugitive 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
fugitive: someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice

Other hyponyms of felon include accessary, accessory, arsonist, firebug, incendiary, blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist, bootlegger, moonshiner, briber, suborner, coconspirator, conspirator, machinator, plotter, desperado, desperate criminal, 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)	fugitive (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail	someone who flees from an uncongenial situation

felon (adjective)	fugitive (adjective)
	lasting for a markedly brief time

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