kidnapper vs felon

kidnapper and felon both are nouns.

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

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

kidnapper: someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
felon: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Other hypernyms of kidnapper include captor, capturer, criminal, crook, malefactor, outlaw.

kidnapper (noun)	felon (noun)
someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
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