jailbird vs criminal

jailbird and criminal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
jailbird	Yes	No	No	No
criminal	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

jailbird: a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly
criminal: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Other hypernyms of jailbird include crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw.

jailbird (noun)	criminal (noun)
a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

jailbird (adjective)	criminal (adjective)
	guilty of crime or serious offense
	involving or being or having the nature of a crime
	bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure