hijacker vs felon

felon vs hijacker

hijacker and felon both are nouns.

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

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

hijacker: someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination
felon: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

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

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

Difference between hijacker and felon

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