felon vs recidivist

recidivist vs felon

felon and recidivist both are nouns.

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

As nouns, recidivist is a hyponym of felon; that is, recidivist 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
recidivist: 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, habitual criminal, repeater, scofflaw, contrabandist, moon-curser, moon curser, runner, smuggler, stealer, thief, traitor, treasonist, law offender, lawbreaker, violator.

felon (noun)	recidivist (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail	someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)

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