felon vs murderer

murderer vs felon

felon and murderer both are nouns.

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

As nouns, murderer is a hyponym of felon; that is, murderer 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
murderer: a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)

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, 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)	murderer (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
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