felon vs goon

felon and goon both are nouns.

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

As nouns, goon is a hyponym of felon; that is, goon 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
goon: an aggressive and violent young criminal

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, fugitive from justice, gangster, mobster, highbinder, highjacker, hijacker, 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)	goon (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	an awkward stupid person
a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail	an aggressive and violent young criminal

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