habitual criminal vs felon

habitual criminal and felon both are nouns.

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

As nouns, felon is a hypernym of habitual criminal; that is, felon is a word with a broader meaning than habitual criminal:

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

Other hypernyms of habitual criminal include criminal, crook, malefactor, outlaw.

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