felon vs habitual criminal

habitual criminal vs felon

felon and habitual criminal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
felon	Yes	No	No	No
habitual criminal	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, habitual criminal is a hyponym of felon; that is, habitual criminal 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
habitual criminal: someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)

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, 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, recidivist, repeater, scofflaw, contrabandist, moon-curser, moon curser, runner, smuggler, stealer, thief, traitor, treasonist, law offender, lawbreaker, violator.

felon (noun)	habitual criminal (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
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Difference between felon and habitual criminal

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