felon vs highjacker

highjacker vs felon

felon and highjacker both are nouns.

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

As nouns, highjacker is a hyponym of felon; that is, highjacker 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
highjacker: someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination

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, 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)	highjacker (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail	someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination

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