felon vs repeater

repeater vs felon

felon and repeater both are nouns.

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

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

felon (noun)	repeater (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading
a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail	(electronics) electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again
	a person who repeats
	someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)

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